If You Were a Penguin

Against a spectacular backdrop of the polar landscape, vibrant artwork highlights the lively rhymes that detail penguins' lives.

Fun penguin facts round out this remarkable tribute to a creature with enormous appeal to young children.

A Live Oak Media audio production.

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If You Were a Penguin

Against a spectacular backdrop of the polar landscape, vibrant artwork highlights the lively rhymes that detail penguins' lives.

Fun penguin facts round out this remarkable tribute to a creature with enormous appeal to young children.

A Live Oak Media audio production.

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If You Were a Penguin

If You Were a Penguin

by Florence Minor

Narrated by Antonia Bath

Unabridged — 8 minutes

If You Were a Penguin

If You Were a Penguin

by Florence Minor

Narrated by Antonia Bath

Unabridged — 8 minutes

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Overview

Against a spectacular backdrop of the polar landscape, vibrant artwork highlights the lively rhymes that detail penguins' lives.

Fun penguin facts round out this remarkable tribute to a creature with enormous appeal to young children.

A Live Oak Media audio production.


Editorial Reviews

Kirkus Reviews

The second from this husband-and-wife team (Christmas Tree!, 2005) explores the many things that penguins can do and suggests to readers that they can also share in these activities. For instance, penguins swim, sing duets, wear tuxedos and make funny faces. "If you were a penguin . . . / You could live underground / or on top of the ice. / Penguin pals all around / make it twice as nice!" Full-bleed paintings fill the pages with huge, realistic close-ups of many different species of penguins. Rhymes that start strong in the beginning weaken toward the end, steering the story rather than serving it. While the text falls flat, it does give illustrator Minor a window of opportunity for some clever images that readers will remember long after the words are forgotten. Backmatter includes lists of fun facts and websites to consult for further information as well as an identification key for all the species featured. Not a standout as either a rhyming picture book or a beginning nonfiction title about penguins. (Picture book. 3-7)

From the Publisher

Wendell’s vibrant large-scale figures, set against bracing polar landscapes, have enough personality to captivate a crowd.” — ALA Booklist

“A playful and lightly informative look at the life of penguins...an excellent storytime addition.” — School Library Journal

ALA Booklist

Wendell’s vibrant large-scale figures, set against bracing polar landscapes, have enough personality to captivate a crowd.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940178844410
Publisher: Live Oak Media
Publication date: 01/01/2010
Edition description: Unabridged
Age Range: 5 - 8 Years
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