Daly, Niki Next Stop-Zanzibar Road? Clarion Book, 2012. $16.99 PICTURE BOOK Content: G.
Mama Jumbo is an elephant in Africa she has a hard time getting her hat to fit on right, but decides that she needs to get a mirror at the market. She leaves her child (a chicken) with the babysitter (a lion) and goes to market. She lucks out when she trades some people at the market and gets a mirror. On the return trip home the taxi gets a flat and she uses her gum to patch the flat tire, and her trunk to put air into it. When she returns home to Little Chico her chicken they eat dinner. When she looks into the mirror she is disappointed in what she sees of herself, but Little Chico tells her she is a beautiful Mama and they both go to bed happy.
This book is broken up into five chapters which indicates it’s for beginner readers. Mama Jumbo is not a very endearing character and the story line seems obvious and drawn out. This wasn’t my favorite book because it was too long and it felt like there was a lot of filler that didn’t move the story forward or make it interesting.
EL (K-3)-OPTIONAL. Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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