You Are Invited to a Garden Party

Join Zenia the zebra in an alliterative walk around the zoo as she enlists a gaggle of geese, a pandemonium of parrots, a cast of crabs, and other animal groups to create a Garden Party with each using their special skills. Zenia delegates tasks as she continually searches high and low, mostly low, for the elusive movement of moles. Will Zenia find them before the Garden Party begins? Along the way Zenia and friends demonstrate cooperation, teamwork, inclusion, and kindness.

You Are Invited to a Garden Party is a high-concept children's picture book conceived and written by Indiana author Teddi Mangas-Coon with original art by Florida artist Cheryl Gray. The book includes an educational supplement with literacy, science, and social studies activities for parents and teachers by award-winning educator Anne Mangas Smith.