Penguin Small
On sale
1st October 2015
Price: £7.99
Genre
Children's, Teenage & Educational / Picture Books, Activity Books & Early Learning Material / Picture Books
Selected:
Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781444918212
Penguin Small is a classic story by Mick Inkpen with a surprise giant fold-out page. It tells the story of the last North Pole penguin, who as it turns out was also the smallest penguin! He wants to join his friends in the South Pole, but he’s afraid of the water. If only penguins could fly…
Penguin Small is a classic story with giant fold out pages, and as ever, vintage Inkpen illustrations for a fabulous story which explains why there are no penguins at the North Pole!
‘A whale of a book.’ – Independent.
Mick Inkpen has won the British Book Award, the Children’s Book Award and been shortlisted for both the Kate Greenway Medal and the Nestle Prize. He is consistently in the Top Ten most borrowed children’s authors from public libraries.
Penguin Small is a classic story with giant fold out pages, and as ever, vintage Inkpen illustrations for a fabulous story which explains why there are no penguins at the North Pole!
‘A whale of a book.’ – Independent.
Mick Inkpen has won the British Book Award, the Children’s Book Award and been shortlisted for both the Kate Greenway Medal and the Nestle Prize. He is consistently in the Top Ten most borrowed children’s authors from public libraries.
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Reviews
A tale of a penguin who escapes the wrath of angry polar bears with the help of snowman who never melts and a wise and wondrous creature called a Neverwasanocerous.
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More magical, micheivous storytelling from Mick Inkpen
Every young child will relate to this vulnerable little penguin who gets into all sorts of trouble, but manages to come through in the end. A book for survivors!
Mick Inkpen has somehow turned a simple story into a great adventure, alternately funny and frightening
Enthralling
Besides being a lovely story which children will adore, Penguin Small is brimming with great illustrations ... Pure magic
Full of optimism, light and adventure