Winner of the Waterstones Children Book Prize 2015
Come on an unexpected journey with a fearless blue penguin in the most captivating picture book debut of the year!
Meet Penguin Blue, in this Waterstones Children's Book Prize winning tale!
It's a windy day, and he has a brand new kite - but where's he going on this maiden flight?
Penguin Blue and his friends go on a gloriously illustrated adventure full of good ideas, homesickness and the perils of kites, from the sparkling new talent Rob Biddulph.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780007593828
Number of pages: 32
Weight: 170 g
Dimensions: 280 x 220 x 2 mm
Praise for Blown Away: ‘Best children’s book of the year.’ Observer ‘[A] gem of a book … Beautifully illustrated and wittily written.’ Standard ‘This book is capital B Brilliant.’ The Bookbag ‘Told in captivating rhyme, with plenty of jokes sprinkled through the text and illustrations, Biddulph’s tale is a travelling adventure.’ Time Out Praise for GRRRRR!: ‘Vibrant colours and characters plus rhyming text make it a delight to read aloud.’ Huffington Post ‘Joyful and uplifting. Superb.’ Daily Mail ‘Totally grrrrreat in every respect.’ The Bookbag ‘The rhyme is so skillful and pacey it could give the Gruffalo a run for its money.’ Children’s Books Ireland
A lovely story about a penguin flying a kite on a windy day till the wind picked him up. Then two other penguin' s tried to help and end up joining him. Then a seal joins them and finally a polar bear in a boat.... More
Look here! A wonderful debut,
With kites and flights and Penguin Blue
Delivered with a sing-song rhyme,
That makes this great for story time.
Moral: It’s not how far you stray,
Nor perils met along the way.
No jungle...
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What a strange story.
Penguins and a polar bear flying on a kite and land in a jungle! How will they get home?
This story rhymes and my 3yr old is now trying to rhyme her food and other things as this is funny....
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