The Story of Hurry tells of a donkey who witnesses the sadness and suffering and fear of children in the occupied Gaza Strip and helps them the only way he can- by turning into a zebra with the help of a zoo man, his best friend, and some paint, so that these children can taste the freedom of traveling in their imaginations to far-off places. Based on true events as told by Emma Williams, together with wry and playful illustrations by Ibrahim Quraishi, the story gives us the clairvoyance of children to see the world in which we live in all its true wonder and pathos. Not since Monroe Leaf's bestselling The Story of Ferdinand--a simple antiwar tale about animals that was first published 80 years ago, banned in Spain and Germany and sells around the world now--has there been such a gentle, compelling book about animals and war. In Hurry, author Emma Williams and Ibrahim Quraishi have created a book for today that is as provocative--and as soothing--as Ferdinand continues to be.