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DIY Story Time: The Letter "Q"

It's "Q" Week!  Here are a few books to read as you learn about this fun letter:


By Lizzy Rockwell
Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.  Picture Book.

Jennifer and her friends at the community center are making a quilt. They begin with lots of colorful fabrics and an idea. Then they measure, cut, stitch, layer, and quilt. It's the work of many hands, many hours, and many stories. And the result is something warm and wonderful they can all share. Lizzy Rockwell tells the heartwarming story of a diverse group of people coming together to make things both lasting and beautiful-- a quilt and friendship.  --Publisher





Written by Jane Whittingham
Illustrated by Emma Pedersen
Pajama Press, 2019.  Picture Book.

No matter how hard she tries, little Queenie Quail canā€™t keep up with her Mama and her Papa and her nine bobbing, tapping siblings. ā€œHurry, hurry, hurry!ā€ they exclaim as Queenie lags behind. But how can Queenie hurry when there are so many interesting things to look at? One day when she stops to admire a fascinating feather, a flash of orange catches Queenieā€™s eye. Spotting danger among the greenery, Queenie springs into action, hurry, hurry, hurrying to warn her family just in the nick of time.

From Jane Whittingham, the celebrated author of Wild One and A Good Day for Ducks, Queenie Quail Canā€™t Keep Up is a story about the value of slowing down to take notice of the world around us. Whittinghamā€™s bouncy prose is filled with lovely wordplay and musicality, pairing perfectly with debut illustrator Emma Pedersenā€™s whimsical illustrations in this tale that young readers will identify with and ask for again and again.  --Publisher





Written by Michael J. Rosen
Illustrated by Annie Won
Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 2019.  Picture Book.

Squirrels chit-chitter-chatter, foxes swoosh-whoosh-rush, a deer stomp-stomp-stamps, and a hawk scree-scree-screeches. Into these quiet, NOISY woods, readers follow two frisky wolf pups yip-yap-yowling and grr-ruff-ruff-racing as they find their way back to their pack. Children will love calling out the interesting animal sounds throughout this enchanting, fast-paced chase through a lush forest.

And young readers will come to know more about forest creatures and their interconnected lives, in this creative story by poet and naturalist Michael J. Rosen, who was inspired by the one-hundred-acre wood where he lives. The two final pages of the book include facts about each of the animals featured in this caper. Annie Won's signature luminous artwork lights the way, showcasing the animals and their habitat with glowing warmth.  --Publisher

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