On Beyond Zebra! is a story that’s a tribute to the power of imagination. For the narrator, the alphabet doesn’t end with Z. It continues far beyond with letters like Yuzz, Floob, Glikk, and Flunn! And, of course, readers meet all sorts of fantastical animals whose names happen to begin with these extra letters. The pen-and-ink illustrations, paired with the wonderful rhyming text of Dr. Seuss, help to open up a new world and perhaps a new way of thinking. For as the hero says of a young friend, “I took him beyond Zebra. As far as I could. And I think, perhaps, maybe I did him some good . . .”

Tie-in Activity: Anything to add to the alphabet? Let your child draw and name his own letters! Or if your little one hasn’t mastered letters A-Z yet, consider reading Dr. Seuss’s ABC first.