Review: A charming, wonderful book! I loved it!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 16, 2012
The Sun Zebra was a lovely surprise. I wasn't sure what the book would be about, but what I received exceeded all my expectations. I wish this book was written when I could have read it to my daughters when they were little; now I'll just have to be satisfied with telling them to read it for themselves and then have the enjoyment of discussing it with them. Reading good books is my way of putting color in my world that sometimes seems to be getting greyer as I get older (I took the metaphor from "The Birdman and the Fairytale") and The Sun Zebra provided a virtual rainbow. This book has helped me remember the joys I had sharing my struggling answers to my daughters' difficult questions and having them find their own truths that were much better than mine like Nell's answer to her first experience with death in "Raven-Lenore."Mr. Garcia is a master storyteller who also writes very well and his stories were a joy to read. The book was also edited very well. I am entirely convinced that that the father, mother and little Nell are "real" whether they are actually alive or not because their personalities were so three-dimensional and well-rounded. The dialogue was authentic and lots of fun to read and the imagery was very vivid and realistic. I can't recommend this book highly enough and I can't imagine how anyone, young, old or in between, could fail to be moved by it.