Calm Down, Zebra

It’s time to teach baby Joe his colours. Annie has just the right idea. She’s lining up all the animals and choosing just the right colours with which to paint them. Baby Joe is sure to learn! However, there’s a problem when she comes to Polar Bear for someone has given him pink and white stripes! Who could it be? It seems like it’s Annie’s ‘old stripy friend‘ is getting into the paints and giving all the animals a stripy makeover! Calm Down, Zebra! Frogs are always green and lions should be yellow, shouldn’t they?

However, the problem has spread, for Cheetah’s giving everyone spots, while Lemur’s busy daubing on rings! Poor Annie! What is she going to do? When she shouts, ‘Behave!’ she’s unaware that Zebra has painted Elephant, and then Giraffe…

Has the painting exercise been in vain? Will Joe learn his colours, or could this lesson be about something entirely different?

We love the rhyme, the subtle message and the fantastic, cheering colours. We hope that Annie shelves any suggestion to  Calm Down, Zebra for his decorating makes the world even more wild and wonderful!