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!
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.
More about Lou KuenzlerJulia Woolf is an animation artist turned illustrator. She spent 20 years working in animation, including 12 years at Dreamworks in the States. However, on having her daughter, the world of illustration began to beckon and a while after returning to the UK, Julia enrolled in an MA in Children's Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art, Anglia
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