Spots or Stripes?

by Vasanti Unka

Tiger claims that stripes are best. Leopard insists that spots are tops. Their squabble turns into a quarrel; the quarrel becomes a battle; and, by lunchtime, the jungle is a complete mess. Monkey calls a meeting of the Jungle Council and all the animals put their heads together to come up with a plan. Their cunningly stylish way of resolving matters will bring out the best in everyone . . . well, almost everyone. A gorgeously colourful, fabulously fashion-conscious and shrewdly funny new picture book.

Paperback

Published January 1, 2016

About the author

Vasanti Unka is an award-winning designer and illustrator based in Auckland, New Zealand. The Boring Book (2013) was named the New Zealand Post Margaret Mahy Book of the Year for 2014 and won the Best Picture Book award, and was listed in the 2014 international White Ravens Catalogue. She is the illustrator of Hill & Hole by Kyle Mewburn, which won the LIANZA Russell Clark Award in 2011 and was also the first children's book to win the Gerard Reid Award for Best Book at the PANZ Book Design Awards.

Reviews

[Christina Reid]

Everything is going fine in the jungle until Leopard and Tiger disagree on which is better, spots or stripes. This disagreement spirals into an argument...and then into a war, only to be settled by the Jungle Fashion Show. A fun, colourful story which celebrates differences.