Blue Penguin

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Here are 75 answers to that question selected by the editors of Penguin Classics for our 75 th anniversary. We hope these selections, some familiar and some surprising, guide you through a reader’s odyssey. Petr Horacek's dreamy Blue Penguin [is] a nice enough story, but what really makes this book sing are Horacek's amazing illustrations, all ice and snow with occasional vivid sightings of an orange-coloured sun. The Independent on Sunday

Blue Penguin by Petr Horacek (9781406366013/Paperback

Group acceptance within the story hinges on seeing how someone is the same rather than different. I wish the other penguins would have decided to accept Blue Penguin because they realized the error of their ways rather — perhaps through Blue Penguin’s relationship with Little Penguin — than because they discovered he had a special ability. Nevertheless, his finally being embraced by his group was heartwarming.

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Then one evening Blue Penguin turned to Little Penguin. "It's time we sing a new song," he said. "I will teach you." Not sure what he would have done with the whale or where exactly she would have taken him, anyway. Was this a metaphor for committing suicide? I don't know. This book is the perfect tool to teach little children that although some people look slightly different, we are all humans, and no-one should be shunned for looking different. Armistice Day: A Collection of Remembrance - Spark Interest and Educate Children about Historical Moments Now we start the problems. One of them is this whale Blue Penguin starts dreaming about. Another is how he turns into a sad little dramatic emo boy.

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Every night the penguin would dream about a big whale coming to take him away from his lonely place. In the morning he would sing a song to the whale. Then another little penguin heard him sing and over time she made friends with the penguin. Then the other penguins heard his songs, and they wanted to be his friends too. A penguin is born with a rare color mutation. Despite the fact that he does the same penguin things as everyone else in his colony, he is still an outcast. It was I who called you. I dreamed of you and wished you would come to take me away from my loneliness."

The pictures are gorgeous, and in my opinion they are the only thing that saves this book from being one star. It is a touching, inspirational story that would make the perfect bedtime story, or one for a teacher to read to their class.

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So Blue Penguin is all alone and sad, and that's when he starts having dreams about the white whale. 'Look sharp, all of ye! There are whales here-abouts! If ye see a white one, split your lungs for him!' Blue Penguin spends his days alone and his nights dreaming of a white whale that will come take him away from his loneliness. Blue Penguin makes up a song about his dream whale, which he sings. Little Penguin hears him singing his song and asks Blue Penguin to teach her his song. Get in the Christmas spirit early with this stunningly illustrated book by award-winning illustrator Petr Horacek. [...] A charming and engaging book about friendship, understanding and belonging, this heart-warming story is just the thing to help promote positive behaviour in your young child and send him soundly off to sleep. Junior Petr Horacek is a fine storyteller and illustrator, and this is well up to standard. [...] This is another delightful book from a multi-talented author. The School Librarian Horacek's textured, colour-rich artwork creates dramatically beautiful Antarctic scenes while the little penguin is a charmer. Books for KeepsBlue Penguin made up a song about the white whale from his dream. Each morning, he sang it across the ocean. A heart-warming fable about friendship and belonging from the award-winning illustrator Petr Horacek. Parent Talk