Penguin in Love

by Salina Yoon

Overview

Geisel Honor-winning author/illustrator Salina Yoon's beloved character Penguin searches for his match in Penguin in Love—a charming picture book that's perfect for Valentine's Day.

When Penguin finds a lost mitten on the ice one day, he wonders who it belongs to—after all, every mitten has a mate! To unravel the mystery, he embarks on the biggest adventure of his life. Is love waiting for Penguin at the end of this incredible journey?

Prolific author/illustrator Salina Yoon's spare text and bright, energetic illustrations bring to life this endearing story celebrating love in its many forms.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802736000
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	12/03/2013
Series:	Penguin
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	659,582
Product dimensions:	9.52(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.35(d)
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Salina Yoon is an award-winning author/illustrator of nearly 150 books for children, such as Penguin and Pinecone, Penguin on Vacation, Penguin in Love, Penguin and Pumpkin, Penguin's Big Adventure, Penguin's Christmas Wish, Found, Stormy Night, Bear's Big Day, and Be a Friend, as well as the Duck, Duck, Porcupine chapter book series—including the Geisel Honor winner My Kite is Stuck!. She studied art and design at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, and now lives in San Diego with her family.

www.salinayoon.com www.facebook.com/PenguinandPinecone

Editorial Reviews

10/14/2013
In this companion to Penguin and Pinecone and Penguin on Vacation, Penguin spies a lonely mitten that someone dropped on the ground while he’s out “looking for love” in the ice and snow. Abandoning his first mission, he decides to track down the owner of the mitten. He discovers a knack for knitting cold-weather accessories for his chilly animal friends in the process, which leads to finding his “perfect match” (penguin Bootsy, who is also an avid knitter). Yoon’s thickly outlined illustrations of chubby animals pair comfortably with the simple text, which builds to a cozy and comical conclusion to Penguin’s search for a companion. Ages 3–6. Agent: Jamie Weiss Chilton, Andrea Brown Literary Agency. (Dec.)

Publishers Weekly

"Readers will respond to this warm tale of finding love." - Kirkus Reviews

"Yoon’s cute, boldly lined characters and graphic compositions tell the story in a series of spots, full-page images, and thought bubbles. This picture book, like many before it, proves that love comes in many forms." - Booklist on PENGUIN AND PINECONE

"Crisp illustrations that capture a genuinely loving heart . . . a strong if whimsical choice for those separated from loved ones." - Kirkus Reviews on PENGUIN AND PINECONE

"Simple yet affecting . . . ideal for a lesson plan on friendship, this book explores the theme sweetly and boldly." - Library Media Connection on PENGUIN AND PINECONE

"Yoon's story of an unlikely interspecies friendship is both funny and sweet . . . let's hope that, as the Antarctic Ambassador of Friendship, Penguin, too, shall return in more adventures." - Horn Book Magazine on PENGUIN ON VACATION

From the Publisher

10/01/2013
PreS-Gr 1—Penguin finds another penguin to love when he comes upon a purple and green knitted mitten in the snow and searches for its owner. In her third "Penguin" picture book, Yoon's characteristic, digitally created artwork employs a simple, colorful design with figures outlined in thick black lines, making them clearly visible during storytimes. Yarn swirls around the pages and endpapers, creating hearts and spelling Penguin's friend Bootsy's name when a blizzard temporarily separates the pair. The spread picturing the storm will mesmerize readers as they gaze at the minuscule dots of snow. Purchase where the previous books have a following.—Blair Christolon, Prince William Public Library System, Manassas, VA

School Library Journal

2013-10-01
Little does Penguin know that a couple of matchmaking puffins have hatched a plan to aid him in finding love in this third adventure (Penguin on Vacation, 2013). Yoon executes yet another warm tale pairing an engaging narrative for young readers with illustrations in saturated hues that pop with bright colors against the cool backgrounds. "One day Penguin was looking for love. / Instead, he found… // a mitten." After a fruitless search to find its owner, he decides to get out some yarn and knit a mate. Elsewhere, his friend Bootsy is also knitting. Readers will recognize that what Bootsy is calling a "snout cozy" resembles Penguin's mitten. Two sharp-eyed puffins make the same observation and decide to play matchmaker by stealing the penguins' yarn and laying a trail for them to "unravel…together." As they follow yarn trails with heart-shaped curlicues, they knit for warmth, fun, comfort and their friends until a blizzard separates them. They travel back, following their respective trails of yarn; a double-page spread shows them on opposite sides of the same very tall mountain (having knit cozies and scarves for lesser peaks along the way). When they reach the top, they realize they "had pulled right into each other's hearts." Readers will respond to this warm tale of finding love. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews