- Paperback: 32 pages
- Publisher: Kids Can Press; Reprint edition (Aug 1 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1553377672
- ISBN-13: 978-1553377672
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 118 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #642,576 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Visiting the zoo with her class, Tina can't help noticing that one of the penguins looks really unhappy. She decides to help him escape from the zoo, with the help of a clever disguise, and take him home. But having a penguin for a pet isn't easy. Her mother is suspicious of Tina's sudden interest in sleeping with the windows wide open (but keeping the windows closed makes it too hot for penguins). The penguin begins to moult, and Tina's mother doesn't like all the feathers. And bath time is less than fun when you need to fill the tub with ice cubes to chill it to Antarctic lows. It's hard to keep a penguin a secret, and things start to smell a little bit fishy.
Heather Dyer's first picture book is hilarious from start to finish, infused with a wonderfully detached sense of irony that makes it lots of fun. Illustrations by Mireille Levert add just the right touch to this zany escapade. Young children will delight in the details that Levert fills her pictures with, from the neat pink beret that Tina lends her bird to the drawings of penguins that she fills her school books with. Fans of Levert's work should also check out her wacky illustrations in the wonderful Mrs. Ming series by Sharon Jennings or her Governor General's Award-winning An Island in the Soup. -- Jeffrey Canton --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Publishers Weekly
Levert's (the Molly Bear series) sly illustrations provide much of the humor in first-timer Dyer's story of a girl who harbors a runaway penguin for a couple of nerve-wracking days. On Tina's class trip to the zoo, a penguin throws himself at her feet. She smuggles him out dressed in her coat and her pink beret. Levert's gouache illustration shows Tina on the bus talking to her girlfriend, oblivious both to ugly plastic insects held out by marauding boys and to the penguin, mute and goggle-eyed beside them. Tina spends the rest of her time trying to make the penguin comfortable in her room while evading her mother's questions about the new "stuffed toy" on her bed ("Oh, that penguin. I got him at the zoo"). She feeds him sardines and sleeps with the window open, but when she finds him standing in the refrigerator and has to pick his feathers out of the jam, she admits, "I don't think this is working out." The next morning, the penguin disappears. However, a television special about Antarctica gives her a glimpse of a penguin in a pink beret. The tale doesn't provide all the satisfactions of typical alien-hidden-in-the-bedroom stories; Tina never has much fun with her penguin nor does she get a chance to display much heroism once she helps him flee from the zoo. But Levert's whimsical illustrations make up the deficit. Ages 5-8.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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This is adorable and a great story!, Dec 18 2005
By L. Bender "L. Bender" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Tina and the Penguin (Hardcover)
It's original and entertaining. I bought this for my son when he was about 3 1/2 and he's now 4 years old. We really enjoy the story. Highly recommended!
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A Penguin Pleasure, Mar 1 2006
By Library Media Specialist - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Tina and the Penguin (Hardcover)
I've read this book to my 1st graders for the past two years, and they love it! It's a cute story, very nicely illustrated, and a proven winner as a read-aloud. It's also a good example of how an author uses real information (non-fiction) about a subject to create fiction. Don't forget to wear your pink beret when you read this one!
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