Overview
If you love penguins you will love Penguins!Penguins do the same thing every day. They swim, eat fish, sleep standing up, look at people, and look at more people. It's an ordinary day at the zoo until a little girl drops something into the penguin pen...
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Synopsis
Penguins do the same thing every day. They swim, eat fish, sleep standing up, look at people, and look at more people.It's an ordinary day at the zoo until a little girl drops something into the penguin pen...
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"What is it?" asks one penguin.
"It's a camera," says the little penguin.
"What do you do with a camera?" they ask.
"You smile at it!" The little penguin grins.
So begins a charming adventure for the penguins at the zoo. This adorable story is full of hilarious moments and sweet illustrations as the penguins ham it up for the camera! See what develops from the fun....
Liz Pichon is the award-winning children's book author and illustrator of such books as Sqaure-eyed Pat and My Big Brother, Boris. She lives with her husband and three children in Brighton, UK. This is her first title with Orchard Books.
School Library Journal
PreS-Gr 2
Penguins at the zoo lead predictable lives-swimming, eating fish, playing penguin games, looking at people-until the day they discover a camera on a rock. After they have dented it and pushed all the buttons, one little bird realizes what it is and tells the others to smile at it, which they do. Then all of the little penguins take pictures of each other until the camera stops working. The zookeeper finds it the next morning and returns it to the little girl who lost it. Luckily she loves penguins and does not mind that they "pecked it a bit." When the photos are developed, five foldout pictures show the penguin fun. The cartoon style of these pastel illustrations is as light and playful as the text. The sweet faces show a lot of expression, while the aqua and purple backgrounds highlight their antics. Children will enjoy the penguins' photos, and they will delight in the story whether they read it themselves or listen to it.-Mary Jean Smith, Southside Elementary School, Lebanon, TN
Editorials
School Library Journal
PreS-Gr 2
Penguins at the zoo lead predictable lives-swimming, eating fish, playing penguin games, looking at people-until the day they discover a camera on a rock. After they have dented it and pushed all the buttons, one little bird realizes what it is and tells the others to smile at it, which they do. Then all of the little penguins take pictures of each other until the camera stops working. The zookeeper finds it the next morning and returns it to the little girl who lost it. Luckily she loves penguins and does not mind that they "pecked it a bit." When the photos are developed, five foldout pictures show the penguin fun. The cartoon style of these pastel illustrations is as light and playful as the text. The sweet faces show a lot of expression, while the aqua and purple backgrounds highlight their antics. Children will enjoy the penguins' photos, and they will delight in the story whether they read it themselves or listen to it.-Mary Jean Smith, Southside Elementary School, Lebanon, TN