A Touch of the Zebras

By Itah Sadu

Book Overview

For ages 5-8. "I'm allergic to school!" Chelsea told her mother. This story for children ages 5 to 8, is a playful, funny, touching, sensitive, groundbreaking story. It has all the elements that make a child excited, interested, and eager to know 'what happens next?' The main character Chelsea is the focus of the attention of the adults in her world. They are concerned to know what ails her and why she thinks that she is 'allergic to school'. Chelsea is suffering from 'a touch of the zebras'. The reader learns that this 'touch of the zebras' is connected to Chelsea's mixed-race parentage. The reader then journeys with the child as her dilemma becomes a pleasant learning experience.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889614105
• ISBN13: 9780889614109
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Womens Pr
• Length: 30 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.3" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3