Joel Blackie - 'Say Hello to Zorro!'

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Carter Goodrich's 'Say Hello to Zorro!' is a fantastically drawn account of the trials and tribulations that arise from change and the acceptance of new ‘people’ (dogs) in your life. More importantly though, changes to your routine! - As was the case with ‘Mr Bud’.

The stylish artwork and physical expressions do well to portray the varied feelings of both the dogs throughout the story. When the dogs realise that doing their old routines with a new friend was actually more exciting, reaches out to the reader and helps solidify the message that change can be a good thing and to welcome it with open arms. The use of humour does well to bring the characters to life, leading though to a not so humorous conversation in which I had foolishly compared my partner to the somewhat bossy Zorro.

A great read.

Joel Blackie.