Synopses & Reviews
Tacky the Penguin is back, this time trying to compete with Goodly, Lovely, Angel, Neatly, and Perfect in the iceberg-wide Penguin Cheering Contest. But will Tacky ever be able to learn the synchronized moves and win the contest?
Review
"Hip, hip hooray! Tacky's back, along with his proper penguin pals . . . Tacky fans will flip for this title." School Library Journal
Synopsis
Tacky is always being teased by his perfect penguin friends. Will his eccentric ways prove that there is nothing wrong--and just enough right--with being different? This hilarious series following the adventures of one superlative penguin is a modern classic. Tacky likes his Hawaiian shirt and spontaneous dance moves but his fellow penguins find his oddball moves concerning when they interfere with winning the Penguin Cheering Contest. Can Tacky find a way to win that's all his own?
From beloved children's book author Helen Lester, and treasured illustrator Lynn Munsinger, this laugh-out-loud tale about embracing our differences will remind everyone that being different is part of the fun.
Synopsis
Tacky the Penguin is back, this time trying to compete with Goodly, Lovely, Angel, Neatly, and Perfect in the iceberg-wide Penguin Cheering Contest. But will Tacky ever be able to learn the synchronized moves and win the contest?
About the Author
Helen Lester and Lynn Munsinger have been together through thick and thin since first publishing The Wizard, the Fairy, and the Magic Chicken in 1983. They have collaborated on the hilarious Tacky the Penguin series and many other wildly funny and popular titles, including the award-winning Hooway for Wodney Wat. Helen Lester is a full-time writer who makes her home in New York, and Lynn Munsinger is a full-time illustrator living in Vermont.LYNN MUNSINGER has illustrated more than ninety books for children. She graduated from Tufts University in Boston and the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, where she majored in illustration. She lives in Connecticut and Vermont.