Zara can't wait for the new baby - he will be just like her friend's baby brother, Max. But when Zack finally arrives, something isn't right - he has stripes instead of spots, and he doesn't look anything like Max. Zara wishes Zack was the same as everyone else, until she sees just how special and perfect he is at being Zack . . .

A warm, gentle story about learning to love difference in others.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2006 by Pan Macmillan .

Paula Metcalf is a talented author and illustrator who has been Highly Commended in the Macmillan Prize for Illustration. Paula has written and illustrated many picture books, including Poddy and Flora . Paula was previously Illustrator-in-Residence at the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre in Buckinghamshire, and she now runs popular workshops in schools. Gillian Shields was born and brought up in Yorkshire. She read english and Cambridge and then trained as an actress before teaching acting and becoming director of a London drama school. She now lives in the country, and teaches drama and English, part-time, in a local school