Gayle Jansen Beede

Audrey to Zoe Gayle Jansen Beede

From the cast of characters in Audrey to Zoe: An Alphabet of Critters, young readers will learn a bit about what makes twenty-six of the planet's animals tick. Whimsical and educational, this waggish rag is intended to amuse its perusers while offering a balance of fact and fantasy. If politics or religion are what you're looking for, you won't find them here. Instead--and here's the spoiler alert--you'll encounter Audrey, who consumes 30,000 insects a day; Julian, party animal who's shy and weighs barely an ounce; and Ulysses, who has a built-in umbrella, to name only three of this children's book's leading roles. Tall and slim, the book fits nicely just about anywhere.