The Jungle Crew: Into the Deep Blue

Johanna Lumme’s timely, charming and vibrant The Jungle Crew series continues as it dives into the great blue, and deals with bullying and working together on nature preservation.

Stripe the zebra feels out of place as he is bullied at school. The fed-up zebra decides to leave everything behind and return to the jungle. As Stripe escapes his bullies to the beach, he encounters a troubled turtle stuck in plastic waste. Stripe realises that the ocean and its inhabitants need help. 

Together with his classmates and the rest of the jungle crew members, Stripe launches a clean-up operation. At the end of the day he feels right in place. And as his new friends help him see that he is perfect just the way he is, Stripe gains newfound confidence and is accepted by his classmates. 

This is the third picture book in the captivating series by artist Johanna Lumme, who depicts the pressing theme of nature preservation after building her previous books on climate change and migration.