SuitabookPas de panique, Zébulon!
Carole Tremblay
- Reading
- Read a little at a time, inviting the child to use the illustrations and predict what Simagrie might be like. Pause around fear or illness, then let the child lead discussion of the ending.
- Themes
- Imagination and adventure: A little boy and a zebra travel on an expedition to the imaginary land of Simagrie. The premise clearly foregrounds imaginative adventure, but it is not clear whether the journey is mainly comic, challenging, instructive or cautionary.
- Fear, courage and illness: Fear, courage and illness are among the book’s listed themes alongside the adventure. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Before reading, note that fear and illness are listed themes alongside adventure, family, the sea and ocean. Their prominence, intensity and resolution are not clear, so check in if those subjects matter particularly to your child.