Quick Quack Quentin

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From the creators of the bestselling OI FROG! comes an hilarious tale about one duck's quest for a missing vowel!

Quentin was a duck with a very quick quack.

'QUCK!' said Quentin. 'What's wrong with me'

Quentin's quack has lost its A. Do any of the other animals have one to spare Not likely! APES don't want to be PES. SNAKES don't want to be SNKES. PANDAS don't want to be PNDAS or even PANDS. Will Quentin be stuck with a very quick QUCK!

Brilliant for reading out loud and teaching children about vowels and animals.

Praise for OI FROG! also by Kes Gray and Jim Field: 'An absolute treat.' - Daily Mail

Kes Gray is a bestselling, multi award-winning author of more than 70 books for children. He eats Ideaflakes for breakfast, spreads silliness on his toast and lives in a place called Different.

Jim Field is a lead-driven, pencil-pushing, 25-frames-per-second Led Zeppelin fan. He is also a hugely talented illustrator and animation director. His first picture book CATS AHOY! won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize.

OI FROG!, OI DOG! and OI CAT! are a top ten bestselling series. Oi Dog! was shortlisted for the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award and the British Book Awards in 2016, amongst others. It also won the Teach Primary New Children's Fiction Award, MadeForMums Award, Bishop's Stortford Picture Book Award and Portsmouth Picture Book Award. OI CAT! was the Independent Booksellers Children's Book of the Season and OI GOAR! is a World Book Day book in 2018.

Reviews

An hilarious exploration of the alphabet * Parents In Touch *
A quacking read aloud, a fun introduction to vowels and a brilliant way of showing children they need to be flexible in their approach to letters and sounds. * Red Reading Hub *
The children at school gave this book a rarely awarded 100 out of 10....An absolute delight of a book so please go and grab one for your bookshelves as quickly as you can! * The Bookbag *
From the creators of the excellent 'Oi, Frog', this is a must-have book for class libraries to share with children who are learning to read and write. ...Jim Field's illustrations work brilliantly for this story - but be warned, you'll need to practice before attempting to read it aloud! * Reading Zone *
Fun and colourful tale * Daily Express *
A really fantastic book. A must buy for all phonics teachers!! * Reading Zone *
This picture book is based on a clever idea for helping emergent readers understand the connection between sounds and letters ... Jim Field's comical animal caricatures, bold and definite against brightly coloured backgrounds, make this learning journey a humorous pleasure. * The Sunday Times *
Fans of Oi Frog! ... will not be disappointed ...Once again, clever wordplay is at the heart of the story * Teach Early Years *
Another hit from an award-winning duo * Nursery World *
The partnership of Kes Gray and Jim Field has produced two of the best picture books in recent years ... Perfect for children learning to read, write and spell * Huffington Post *
Quick Quack Quentin is a cheery picture book that really put a huge smile on my face. I can imagine this book being very popular * School Librarian *
Will have little ones rolling on the floor with laughter * Liverpool Echo *
The most hilarious picture book of the season * Bath Life *

Author Bio

Kes Gray (Author)

Kes Gray is the bestselling author of the OI FROG AND FRIENDS series of books that has sold over 1.5 million copies and has been adapted into a theatre show. He is a multi-award-winning author with over 70 books published. He eats Ideaflakes for breakfast, spreads silliness on his toast and loves to write books that will make children laugh out loud. He has won the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award and the Laugh Out Loud Book Award and has been shortlisted for the British Book Awards. Kes is based in Essex.

Jim Field (Illustrator)

Jim Field is an award-winning illustrator, character designer and animation director. He has illustrated many bestselling children's books, including Oi Frog! (written by Kes Gray) and The Lion Inside (written by Rachel Bright). Jim is also the illustrator of the Rabbit and Bear series, J.K. Rowling's The Christmas Pig and his debut author-illustrator bilingual picture book, Monsieur Roscoe on Holiday. He lives near Paris with his wife and daughter.