![]() I find myself closing the book with feelings of pleasure and contentment. He is able to delicately wrap a variety of feelings, from humour to sadness, in one lovely little ball of warmth. Jeffers takes the reader by the hand and walks them through each stage of what turns out to be, quite an emotional journey. ![]() The ending reveals to us that something thought lost is often something found. ![]() ![]() It is lines like these that help to set a gentle humorous tone throughout. My favorite sentence: “‘Some birds are just like that” is Jeffers’ explanation as to why a flock of birds fail to respond to the boy’s request for help. His words are strung together beautifully. So now the boy finds himself facing a bigger problem: How will he ever get the penguin home?Īnd so begins a story of determination, journey and most of all, friendship.Ī great book for children aged 3-7 years, Oliver Jeffers’ watercolour illustrations are expressive and dreamlike in quality and are instrumental in bringing the story to life. He finally discovers that penguins hail from the South Pole. But no-one seems to be missing a penguin. ![]() His first quest is to find where the wordless penguin has come from. This is the story of a boy who takes it upon himself to help a lost penguin find his way home. “Once there was a boy and one day he found a penguin at his door.” ![]()
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