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365 Penguins
by Jean Luc Fromental
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780810944602 |
Powells.com Staff Pick
I don't think anyone can deny just how cute penguins are. And 365 Penguins is the coolest new addition to the counting books genre! It makes a great wintertime gift, too.
Recommended by Jill S., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
On the first day of the new year, the mailman brings a surprise — a penguin! One by one, day by day, penguins fill the house. At first they are cute, but with every passing day, the penguins pile up — along with the family's problems. Feeding, cleaning, and housing the penguins becomes a monumental task! But who is sending these penguins, and why?
In a large format, and with lots of opportunity for counting, 365 Penguins is sure to become a wintertime staple.
Review:
"Comical math problems and an ecological message form a memorable counterpoint in Fromental's story of 365 penguins, one for each day of the year. The cheerful boy narrator of this oversize paper-over-board book recalls how a deliveryman brought a box to his family on New Year's Day. Inside, he and his older sister are thrilled to find a penguin and an unsigned note: 'I'm number 1. Feed me when I'm hungry.' Their parents look less pleased, especially when more shipments show up. 'At the end of January, there were thirty-one penguins,' and after February, they tally 31 plus 28. 'On April the tenth exactly, penguin number 100 arrived,' and the family calculates the weight and cost of the penguins' daily fish. They build penguin-storage cabinets and struggle to clean up after their charges. All but one penguin have orange feet, and readers play hide-and-seek with blue-footed Chilly; the lookalike birds' contrasting black and white, plus the complementary orange and blue of the family house, contribute to Jolivet's striking mod design. On December 31, the doorbell rings and the mystery is solved. Uncle Victor — a gray-bearded explorer in Birkenstocks — briskly summarizes his dubious attempt to protect this endangered species. Victor's postal plan clearly is impractical and removes threatened animals from their habitat. Yet Fromental and Jolivet creatively make the points that each penguin needs care and feeding, that humans have difficult responsibilities and that the world's creatures add up. Ages 5-up." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
About the Author
In addition to writing for film, television, and newspapers, Jean-Luc Fromental is the author of about thirty books, including novels, travelogues, children’s books, and comics. Joelle Jolivet is an internationally acclaimed illustrator. Publishers Weekly has called her books “vibrant… dazzling” and School Library Journal said they “are aesthetically impressive as they are informative.”
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Kara Spencer, August 9, 2007 (view all comments by Kara Spencer)
Here's a great book about a family with more penguins than Mr. Popper! What ever do you do when penguins take over your house? How do you store them, feed them, name them, and live? And where do they come from?
365 Penguins is a great story with fun colorful illustrations in an oversized book. Count the penguins, multiply, and divide while you figure out who is mailing a penguin a day to this family.
The story mixes in some ecological awareness along with a twist ending. A hilarious and stylish book for all ages! Not to mention that penguins are very hip.
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780810944602
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Abrams Books for Young Readers
- Illustrator:
- Jolivet, Joklle
- Illustrator:
- Jolivet, Joelle
- Author:
- Author:
- Author:
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Arithmetic
- Subject:
- Gifts
- Subject:
- General Juvenile Fiction
- Subject:
- Juvenile; penguins
- Copyright:
- 2007
- Publication Date:
- October 2006
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Grade Level:
- Children/juvenile
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- YES
- Pages:
- 48
- Dimensions:
- 14.56x11.25x.42 in. 1.88 lbs.
- Children's Book Type:
- Big
- Age Level:
- 04-08
