Our stripy baby - Gillian Shields

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.

Gillian Shields combines her two passions for books and theatre by writing stories and teaching drama. She takes huge inspiration from her experience as a drama teacher, and has written many picture and fiction books for children of all ages. Gillian lives in Sussex with her husband and two children.