Zonk joins the ‘biggest’ birthday party in the world in this humorous and lushly illustrated book. In this story, Zonk is homesick after his long adventure in the Sea of Cortez and tries to find his way back home to the desert. With his new friends Manta Ray, Fish, and Emily the Sea Turtle he travels along the Gulf of California, searching for the river that has washed him out to sea. Along the way, he encounters a wise albatross, mollusks who cleverly form themselves into birthday hats and the Gray Whales’ joyful birthday celebration. The Zonk books have a strong environmental underpinning. Young readers are introduced, in a gentle way, to some of the ecosystem challenges faced by the creatures in the story, and what can be done to help them.

Hugely entertaining, highly educational and beautiful, this book is appealing to a wide range of children from 2 to 10 years of age.