A zebra named Zester loses his stripes, whatever will he do? Without his stripes, he feels, out of place and blue. Those black, silly, stripes, where did they go? As he searches all day long, and everywhere high and low. Then Happy, the hippo, see's her friend, Zester, start to cry and wants to help him out, as she is strolling by. Will Zester's stripes be found or not? Check this book out as the kids will love it a lot! This story is a cute, and funny story, I chose to put in rhyme. It teaches lessons of friendship, helping others out, and not giving up, all the time. Children will enjoy the rhyme, to help them learn to read. Every child needs good books, to open up their creative minds, and educate indeed.