In this first book of the Forever Zoo Friends Series, a Zebra named Zester wakes up one morning to find his black stripes are not on his body. Worried about his missing stripes, he sets out to find them. Zester searches high and low, and everywhere in-between. He doesn't have much luck finding his stripes, until his friend, Happy the Hippo joins in the search. Happy chooses not to give up on her friend Zester in trying to find his black stripes, because she knows Zester really misses his stripes. A good friend is always there for you to help you out! This is a cute little rhyming story about the value of a friendship between a zebra and a hippopotamus.