This is a fun book of word play. It might be hard to do at story time, but it could be fun in a class room setting where they are studying words. U needs some time off from Q, so they take a break. But it causes other letters to break up as well. The author did a great job with all the puns and word play, I just wish they could have found a way to use Q words without the U. They do exist. It would have been a great way to introduce them. ( )

U is tired of being the only friend Q has, so she decides to take off for some alone time. The other letters notice and decide they want alone time too. But with all the letters doing their own thing, there's Corn but no CHeese, and S is Singing so loudly that L and P stay away which makes no PLay or SLeep. Q and U reunite to QUiet the chaos, "and after that day, the letters stuck together because they knew life wasn't QUite the same if they didn't." More than an alphabet book, this nicely covers the themes of friendship and self-care. ( )

Pair with other funny alphabet and spelling stories like Alphabet Mystery and The B on the Thumb