Sonderbooks Book Review of

Zorro Gets an Outfit

by Carter Goodrich

Zorro Gets an Outfit

by Carter Goodrich

Review posted June 5, 2013.
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2012. 42 pages.
Starred Review

Here's a picture book about feelings that tells a fabulous story at the same time. The pictures make the book. We've got Zorro, a dog with a pattern on his face that looks like a mask, and the other dog who lives in that house, his friend Mister Bud. Humans in the household are expressed as body parts and disembodied voices.

Bud and Zorro are ready and eager for their daily walk, but something delays them. Their owner has an outfit for Zorro. It's a hood and cape.

A whole double-page spread is given to the words: "Zorro was embarrassed." Zorro is sitting in the hallway, definitely not looking happy.

As he reluctantly goes on a walk, other dogs and even the neighboring cat all laugh at him.

Zorro is moping when everything changes. A new dog comes to the park.

The three dogs play together, and we can easily see that Zorro's entire outlook has changed.

It's a simple story, but the pictures are completely delightful. It's about feelings every child can relate to, and gives them a way to talk about them.

A book that will leave you smiling.