Today is publication day for Sarah Massini and her first picture book for us – Zac and Zeb and the Make-Believe Birthday Party, which is out now in hardback and paperback, and is already picked for promotion in Sainsbury’s – hurrah! I wrote a blog post way when back in June last year about how pleased I was to have bought this book from Sarah’s agent, so I am proud and happy to see them published today and brought to life in such a wonderful way. Zac the dog and Zeb the Zebra are best friends and live in a gentle child-centric world – no dull grown-ups to challenge their day-to-day fun; think Charlie & Lola meets Kipper – and there is a real joy and innocence to them and to how they tackle their life’s small ups-and-downs that I find constantly endearing. Sarah is an amazing artist with a genius sense of design, and she has created a book that is completely accessible and also deeply stylish – so very well suited to the Nosy Crow list, I feel. Thank you, Sarah!
