Some time ago my brother Ben gave me an old toy penguin. Ben said to me ‘You have to look after this Penguin, he’s very precious, but watch out he BITES!' I drew a small sketch of a little boy being bitten on the nose by a Penguin, how absurd, I thought and from there the story grew. Out of all my books Penguin is my absolute favourite to read out loud.
Ben rips open his present, inside is a Penguin. Ben tries everything to make the Penguin speak from tickling him and pulling funny faces to firing him into outer space but Penguin says nothing. It's not until a lion passes by that things take an interesting turn and at last Penguin becomes beautifully eloquent.
Penguin has been translated into many different languages, won many awards and has been adapted for stage by Long Nose Puppets.
'Polly Dunbar's sympathetic artwork captures the seesaw of Ben's emotions with humour and an almost heartbreaking accuracy.' Child Education PLUS
'With simple, rhythmic text, flat colours, crisp shapes on white space and a big blue lion, this heart-warming book conjures — by minimal means — imagination, anger, danger and love, while encouraging small children to remember events, read pictures and laugh.' The Sunday Times
Published by Walker Books 2007.
Ben rips open his present, inside is a Penguin. Ben tries everything to make the Penguin speak from tickling him and pulling funny faces to firing him into outer space but Penguin says nothing. It's not until a lion passes by that things take an interesting turn and at last Penguin becomes beautifully eloquent.
Penguin has been translated into many different languages, won many awards and has been adapted for stage by Long Nose Puppets.
'Polly Dunbar's sympathetic artwork captures the seesaw of Ben's emotions with humour and an almost heartbreaking accuracy.' Child Education PLUS
'With simple, rhythmic text, flat colours, crisp shapes on white space and a big blue lion, this heart-warming book conjures — by minimal means — imagination, anger, danger and love, while encouraging small children to remember events, read pictures and laugh.' The Sunday Times
Published by Walker Books 2007.
