Tales of Quails
About the Series
Tales of Quails’ is planned as series of five picture books for early readers. Each is expected be in the traditional 32-page picture book format, written in verse, and accompanied by full-color illustrations.
Set in the desert southwest, the books feature a cast of quail and their animals friends. The stories provide fun, exuberant takes on adversities commonly experienced in early childhood; like feeling shame, encountering differences in others, or confronting anger in adults.
Protect Your Nonsense! (Released June ’23)
Young quail Cisco loves to shake a tail feather, if only pesky adults wouldn’t interrupt. Follow along as Cisco learns to embrace his silly side and protect his nonsense!
My Nest is Best! (December ’23)
Like all quail, Celeste is proud of her nest, but a tour of her animal friends’ homes reveals everyone has a special place to call their own. How can everyone have the best nest?
Line Up! Line Up! (June ’24)
Sarge stays busy keeping his fellow quail in neat little lines — but why oh why do quail chicks always stray? Sarge blows his stack, quail lines falter and everyone is unhappy until this thing gets sorted out.
Hurray For Oops! (December ’24)
What Keeps Everyone Busy? (June ’25)
About the Author
Andrew Rapp was raised in southern Colorado, where the quail run thick and wild. He received his BA from Stanford University in 1996 and began his career in journalism, serving as Editor-In-Chief of LGBT and community newspapers in Raleigh, North Carolina and Boston, Massachusetts, and later as a writer and photographer for Boston Magazine and The Boston Globe.
Expanding on his interest in photography, in 2005 Andrew founded Thoma Studios, an advertising production company serving Fortune 100 healthcare brands. A sister company, Togg!e, was founded in 2008 to serve apparel and consumer goods brands. In 2015, Rapp ended both businesses to pursue his own creative endeavors.
Rapp trained and licensed as a hairstylist to support his artistic work, but when the COVID pandemic began, he took a break from styling to attend a post-grad program in 3D animation at the Gnomon School of VFX in Hollywood, CA. There he tried drawing for the first time and found the ideal medium for his imagination. Rather than completing a graduate reel, he returned to hair styling and began work on the Tales of Quails series.