My Q Sound Box

Jane Belk Moncure's Sound Box Books

by Jane Belk Moncure, Rebecca Thornburgh (Illustrator)

"Little q has an adventure with items beginning with her letter's sound, such as quilts, quail, quarters, and a quarreling queen."--Provided by publisher.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

32 pages, Library Binding

First published September 1, 1979

About the author

Jane Belk Moncure (born December 1926) is an American author of early childhood non-fiction, fiction and poetry. She has also written under the names Bruce Wannamaker and Jennie Davis.

Moncure has lived in Virginia and North Carolina. She worked in early childhood education for thirty-five years. She lives in Elon College, North Carolina.

Moncure is a creative and prolific author: there are millions of her books in circulation, and they are widely distributed in schools and libraries. Distribution has been primarily through The ChildsWorld, ChildrensPress and Scholastic. Her creations and works include My First Steps to Reading, My First Steps to Math, My First Steps to Science, Word Bird, The Soundbox Books, and The Magic Castle Series. Her works have been translated into British English, Spanish, French, Chinese, and Malay. Belk Library, Elon University holds a collection of all published books by Moncure.

Jane Belk Moncure is a recipient of the C.S. Lewis Award and over the past 20 years, her works were recognized by numerous Awards. Most recently, in 2008, Jane received the Scholastic Teacher's Choice Award for her outstanding contribution to the My First Steps to Learning Program. --from Wikipedia

Reviews

[Kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Picked up the Q Sound Box when the requested "N" Sound Box wasn't available at the library. After an initial protest, this one has also merited multiple readings.

This one is a little more repetitive than the N Sound Box, but that's not particularly surprising given the more limited scope for appropriate Q words (though I was surprised to see "quince" in there).

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a pretty good book to use to focus attention on a particular letter without using complete alliteration. There is not much of a story, but you wouldn't really expect one, so that's OK. And the illustration are kind of cute.

[Kayla]

Great book to teach kids about what words start with the letter Q! I can use this book in a pre-K class to feature a letter of the week.

[Edward Creter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well-drawn book of the letter Q (in lowercase) that ages 2 thru 4 can like. Except...the little q, a girl, gets to snuggle under the quilt with the Queen, which sounds...queer, y'know?

[Lisa · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't enjoy the storyline of this one as much. Heavy focus on quilts and a queen who appeared out of nowhere. The other "q" words at the end would have made for a more interesting story.

[Aarvik · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read!

[Erin Field · Rating 5 out of 5]

AR 2023 - L

[Little Champs]

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[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A child named Q collects things starting witht he letter Q for her box and has an adventure with a queen along the way. Preschool and up.