Zoe in Wonderland

Name: Zoe in Wonderland
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Brenda Woods
ISBN: 9781501936661

Author: Brenda Woods

Narrator: Sisi Aisha Johnson

Unabridged: 3 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/16/2016

Categories: Children's Fiction, African American & Black Stories, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

Coretta Scott King Honor winner Brenda Woods introduces Zoe-an endearing eleven-year-old who's afraid her real life will never be as exciting as her imaginary one. Zoe Reindeer has a very big imagination, but in real life she considers herself "just Zoe"-not measuring up to her too-perfect older sister and her smarty-pants little brother. Truthfully, though, she'd rather just blend in with the plants at the family business, Doc Reindeer's Exotic Plant Wonderland. That is until a tall astronomer from Madagascar comes into the nursery looking for a Baobab tree, and starts a ball rolling that makes Zoe long for real adventures, not just imaginary ones. When her family is suddenly forced to relocate, they find themselves heading to a place reindeer have never gone before-and to Zoe, it feels like her first real adventure is finally beginning.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Raina on June 22, 2017

Dibs for SRP 2017, TRLers. :) --- I was totally charmed by this. Zoe Reindeer has a really strong voice, and I was in it from the first sentence. Two of the books I considered booktalking to elementary school students in 2017 had eerily similar covers, to the point that I felt I couldn't promote both......more

Goodreads review by Nathaniel on November 08, 2024

This was very well done. It has a very special place in my heart. I definitely recommend it.......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on September 28, 2018

Cute book. Nothing extraordinary to comment on, but it was a sweet story.......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on September 25, 2017

A 2018-2019 Missouri Mark Twain Readers Award preliminary nominee (grades 4-6). Zoe G. Reindeer loves plants, hanging out with her best friend Quincy, and the family business, Doc Reindeer's Exotic Plant Wonderland. When a man from Madagascar asks about a rare plant that they do not carry, Zoe decide......more

Goodreads review by Tom on December 18, 2016

The setting seemed interesting, and in some ways it delivered on its intentions, but it could have been delivered in other ways, too. In the end, too much seemed forced, and too little spoke to me, even though it seems like it should have been able to. I did like some of the family relationship dire......more