Ziggy the Zanny Zebra

About the Book

Ziggy is a zebra that was born with all-different-colored stripes. He was laughed at by all the other zebras because he was different. This made him very lonely. When he grew up, he met a few different-looking creatures that were having the same problem. They became good friends, and they had many good times together. The other zebras realized that Ziggy and his friends had feelings just like they did and it didn’t make any difference what they looked like.

About the Author

Mary Ann Kratzer Born:7/3/35 Married: 1955 Children: 4 Grandchildren: 12 3 great grand children Education: Allentown High School - Allentown, PA Graduated 1953 University of Cincinnati - Cincinnati, OH 1975 Edgecliff College - Cincinnati, OH 1976 - 1977 Otterbein College - Cincinnati, OH 1978 Columbus College of Art and Design - Columbus, OH 1978 –1980 Moorpark College – Moorpark, CA 1982 –1983 Institute of Children’s Literature – Redding, Ct 1990 – 1994 In 1994, I completed a graduate course study in writing children’s books at the Institute of Children’s Literature. I enjoy writing children’s stories and also illustrating them. My poem, “Snow” was published in a volume of The National Library of Congress, which received an Editors Choice Award. I was a volunteer art instructor at Lehigh County Prison in PA for four years and put together an art exhibit of the inmates’ work at the County Government Offices. I was a volunteer art instructor at Lehigh County Prison in PA for four years and put together an art exhibit of the inmates’ work at the County Government Offices. Not only do I like to write children’s story books, I am an artist. I draw animals and pictures of people. I draw and paint fun pictures, contemporary, story book characters, traditional, and anything that I can think of. I just like to paint or draw all kinds of pictures.