Annie said to the animals, "Please stand in a line. I'm painting my alphabet. Come one at a time! First Aardvark and Bear and Crocodile too. Not yet, Zebra. I'm not ready for you..." Annie wants to paint an alphabet using her animals, but Zebra simply can't wait until the end for his time to shine. Sneakiness, silly costumes and plain pushiness doesn't get him anywhere - but he has to learn to wait his turn!

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2018 by Faber & Faber .

Lou Kuenzler is a talented new author of children's fiction. She has previously worked as a drama teacher and theatre director. She writes in a humourous and engaging style. Lou Kuenzler grew up on a windy sheep farm in Devon. She is the author of numerous books for children, including My Digger is Bigger, Eat Your People, the Shrinking Violet series, the Princess DisGrace series and the Bella Broomstick series. She lives in London with her family. Julia Woolf worked for twenty years in animation, including a twelve year period working in the US for Dreamworks. After returning to the UK she decided to do the MA in Children's Book Illustration in Cambridge at Anglia Ruskin University. She is the author/illustrator of Giraffe on a Bicycle and various board books. She lives in Kent.