Zelda's Big Adventure

Description

Zelda has big plans - she wants to be the first chook in space. She leaves nothing to chance and packs food, fuel and a cosy nesting box. But will she make it without the help of her friends? Great fun to read aloud, this wonderfully illustrated story shows that for a plucky chook like Zelda, the sky is never the limit.

Marie Alafaci has written non-fiction and fiction for children as well as adults, and her biography of her aunt and grandparents coming to Australia in the 1920s from Italy, Savage Cows & Cabbage Leaves - an Italian Life, was on the Age best-sellers list and short-listed for a number of awards. Shane McG is a Melbourne-based illustrator whose work appears in publications globally. He writes and illustrates his own picture books for children as well as illustrating for a wide range of authors.

'Australian duo Alafaci and McG have crafted a space-age "Little Red Hen" (who is white here), and even those who know the traditional tale will admire Zelda's pluck and forgiving nature. McG's burnished illustrations in a muted palette, full of barnyard tech and expressive chickens, pair well with Alafaci's straightforward text. A tale of plucky poultry sure to inspire those who are afraid they may be too chicken to follow their dreams.' - Kirkus