Bye-Bye Bottles, Zebra

by Michael Dahl

Now that Little Zebra is getting bigger, it's time to done with bottles. It's not easy, but Little Zebra must learn to use a cup. Bye-bye, bottles!

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

20 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2015

About the author

Michael Dahl is the author of over 200 books for children and young adults, including the acclaimed Finnegan Zwake mystery series and The Library of Doom. His works have earned Edgar and Anthony Award nominations and national design honors. As Editorial Director at Stone Arch Books, he champions engaging, award-winning stories that inspire young readers everywhere.

He also writes under aliases Chris Carey, Rick Thomas, and Mark Ziegler.

Reviews

[Celeste · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short and sweet for baby storytime. My group enjoyed it. Good in combination with another short one.

[. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute. :)

[Frrobins · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this to my 3 year old, who has been clinging to bottles, in the hopes that it would motivate her to drink from a cup. I was surprised to see that the little zebra makes the choice to stop drinking from bottles with the mommy zebra pestering her to drink from them. It also really confused my daughter, who kept asking why the zebra didn't want her milk, and then stated that the zebra was sad. So at first I thought this wasn't too successful.

But then when I asked her if she wanted a bottle or a cup in the afternoon, she asked for a cup, and has continued to ask for a cup. So it worked for us!

[Lil Old Bookworm · Rating 5 out of 5]

My daughter and I love this series of Hello Genius books. Really cute pictures and simple text made this a good read for infants. My 11 month old was entertained by the colors and pictures. I love that each story is entertaining, yet also teaches a lesson (in this case, growing up and using a big kid cup instead of bottles).

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

So I love the illustrations but I wish the author would have gone further and used a couple... technically sippy cups are just a more advanced bottle... for use during transition. So 4 stars illustrations, 2 star for content.

[Gwen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just happened to spot this at a library on vacation and it was just 2 days after our daughter made the break away from her bottles and started using sippy cups all the time! So it was a perfect little story to read.

[Cecile · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like this series. This particular one I checked out for one of the girls I nanny who still drinks from a bottle and is transitioning to a sippy cup. My daughter, although never bottle-fed enjoyed it solely because of the zebra.

[Mr. Peace · Rating 4 out of 5]

The librarian read this at Sing N Play this morning

[Robin Obara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reverse psychology for bottle weaning.

[Christine Dinh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sweet simple book for story time for a little baby or toddler who is about get ween from their bottle.

[Alicia · Rating 3 out of 5]

For: animal fans; readers looking for a book about moving away from bottles.

Possible red flags: throwing things/tantrum to prove how much of a big zebra they are.

[Chris H · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short, sweet, and did the trick!

[Dianna · Rating 3 out of 5]

I actually hate the baby-behavior-modification-board-book genre. But this one is much better than most. The pictures are good and the text mostly does not make me gag.