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In Lost and Found, a young boy finds a lost penguin on his stoop and embarks on a journey to help the penguin find its way home. But, after a big trip in a tiny rowboat — all the way to the South Pole — the boy realizes that the penguin was never lost; he was just lonely! This tale of an unlikely friendship, with watercolor illustrations that are both lush and simple, is off-the-charts adorable. Recommended by Sheila A., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
What is a boy to do when a lost penguin shows up at his door? Find out where it comes from, of course, and return it. But the journey to the South Pole is long and difficult in the boy’s rowboat. There are storms to brave and deep, dark nights.To pass the time, the boy tells the penguin stories. Finally, they arrive. Yet instead of being happy, both are sad. That’s when the boy realizes: The penguin hadn’t been lost, it had merely been lonely!
Review:
"This beguiling tale featuring the round-headed lad from Jeffers's debut book, How to Catch a Star, begins, 'Once there was a boy who found a penguin at his door.' Enticing, spare text and watercolor pictures follow the earnest, red-and-white-striped shirt clad child's quest to help the sad-looking penguin find its way home. He checks with the Lost and Found Office ('But no one was missing a penguin') and futilely asks some birds and the rubber duck that shares his bath for guidance before reading (in a book drolly entitled Where Penguins Come From) that his new friend hails from the South Pole. After making sure their rowboat is ship-shape, the two set out to sea, the child rowing south while telling stories to the rapt penguin, sitting in the bow, endearingly holding a striped umbrella over its head when the weather turns stormy. The prose reflects the hero's sudden sadness after he sees the bird home (there 'was no point telling stories now because there was no one to listen except the wind and the waves'). Youngsters will cheer the pals' inevitable reunion and will likely request an immediate rereading of this gently humorous and heartwarming tale of friendship found, lost and regained. Ages 4-up. (Jan.)" Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
Synopsis:
Jeffers' unique tale of friendship lost and found, featuring a boy and a penguin making a journey to the South Pole, is simply told and beautifully illustrated. Full color.
crowyhead, March 7, 2008 (view all comments by crowyhead)
A boy finds a penguin, and the penguin starts following him around. It looks so sad that the boy decides the penguin must be lost, so he embarks on a mission to find the penguin's correct place in the world. As it turns out, that correct place is much closer than the South Pole.
The illustrations in this book are wonderfully witty and sweet; the characters' faces are very simply drawn, yet somehow convey an immense amount of emotion -- the penguin, despite the fact this face consists entirely of two dots for eyes and a sort of orange oval for a beak, really DOES look sad. Everyone's body language speaks volumes. The text supports the illustrations beautifully, and vice-versa. Definitely a keeper.
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In Lost and Found, a young boy finds a lost penguin on his stoop and embarks on a journey to help the penguin find its way home. But, after a big trip in a tiny rowboat — all the way to the South Pole — the boy realizes that the penguin was never lost; he was just lonely! This tale of an unlikely friendship, with watercolor illustrations that are both lush and simple, is off-the-charts adorable.
by Sheila A.
"Publishers Weekly Review"
by Publishers Weekly,
"This beguiling tale featuring the round-headed lad from Jeffers's debut book, How to Catch a Star, begins, 'Once there was a boy who found a penguin at his door.' Enticing, spare text and watercolor pictures follow the earnest, red-and-white-striped shirt clad child's quest to help the sad-looking penguin find its way home. He checks with the Lost and Found Office ('But no one was missing a penguin') and futilely asks some birds and the rubber duck that shares his bath for guidance before reading (in a book drolly entitled Where Penguins Come From) that his new friend hails from the South Pole. After making sure their rowboat is ship-shape, the two set out to sea, the child rowing south while telling stories to the rapt penguin, sitting in the bow, endearingly holding a striped umbrella over its head when the weather turns stormy. The prose reflects the hero's sudden sadness after he sees the bird home (there 'was no point telling stories now because there was no one to listen except the wind and the waves'). Youngsters will cheer the pals' inevitable reunion and will likely request an immediate rereading of this gently humorous and heartwarming tale of friendship found, lost and regained. Ages 4-up. (Jan.)" Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
"Synopsis"
by Libri,
Jeffers' unique tale of friendship lost and found, featuring a boy and a penguin making a journey to the South Pole, is simply told and beautifully illustrated. Full color.
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