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]> Penguin Pad - Fiction http://www.penguinpad.com/taxonomy/term/15/0 en I Like It When… http://www.penguinpad.com/node/168 <table><tr><td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0152000399%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0152000399%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0152000399.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg" height="140" width="140" alt="cover of I Like It When . . ." /></a></td><td><div id="amazoncontainer">List Price: $11.95 USD <br /><br />Amazon Price: $9.80 USD<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0152000399%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0152000399%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank">Buy it now</a><br clear="all" /></td></div></tr></table>Binding: Hardcover <br /><p>Ages 1^-4. In simple, loving words, a small penguin tells her mother about the favorite things they do together. The activities are elemental ("I like it when you hold my hand. I like it when you let me help"). Bright, clear pictures on differently colored pages show the parent and child physically close and enjoying themselves while they play, dance, read, splash, hug, tickle, and kiss good night. Part of the Red Wagon Preschool series, this is a book to read and act out. Toddlers will learn words and colors, and they will see that books are about them. Hazel Rochman</p> Baby-3 Books Family Fiction Products Mon, 27 Feb 2006 22:55:55 -0500 Antarctica http://www.penguinpad.com/node/164 <table><tr><td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0374403716%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0374403716%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0374403716.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg" height="160" width="125" alt="cover of Antarctica" /></a></td><td><div id="amazoncontainer">List Price: $6.95 USD <br /><br />Amazon Price: $6.95 USD<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0374403716%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0374403716%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank">Buy it now</a><br clear="all" /></td></div></tr></table>Binding: Paperback <br /><p>Dramatic illustrations deftly blend light and shadow as they depict the rigorous--and threatened--existence of "emperor penguins, Weddell seals and Adelie penguins" on the frozen continent.</p> Ages 4-8 Books Fiction Products Mon, 27 Feb 2006 22:48:04 -0500 Whiteblack the Penguin Sees the World http://www.penguinpad.com/node/162 <table><tr><td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0618073892%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0618073892%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618073892.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg" height="140" width="116" alt="cover of Whiteblack the Penguin Sees the World" /></a></td><td><div id="amazoncontainer">List Price: $16.00 USD <br /><br />Amazon Price: $11.20 USD<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0618073892%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0618073892%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank">Buy it now</a><br clear="all" /></td></div></tr></table>Binding: Hardcover <br /><p>Ah, the dreaded storyteller's block. Whiteblack the penguin, Chief Storyteller of Penguinland's W-O-N-S radio station, has run out of material. "I guess I'll take a vacation and travel," he decides. "Travelers always have lots of stories." And off Whiteblack goes, on the journey of a lifetime. Before the trip is over, this intrepid traveler has been shipwrecked on an iceberg ("I've always wanted to be in an accident"), been shot out of a cannon, acted as midwife to two hatching ostriches, crossed the desert--partway on a camel and the rest on a homemade scooter, and fallen out of an airplane, only to land in a fishnet. With plenty of new stories to share, Whiteblack returns to a hero's welcome in Penguinland.</p> <p>Well-loved for their Curious George stories, Margret and H. A. Rey teamed up on many other picture books over their lifetime together. But little did the reading world know, yet another marvelous book lay fallow in their files for over 60 years. Its discovery, after Margret Rey's death in 1998, is a blessing for the countless fans of this incredible creative pair. Whiteblack is a charming and positive fellow, a worthy model for any world traveler. Margret Rey believed Whiteblack was one of H. A.'s and her best books--and we concur. (Ages 3 to 7) --Emilie Coulter</p> Ages 4-8 Books Fiction Picturebooks Products Mon, 27 Feb 2006 22:46:39 -0500 Goodnight Opus http://www.penguinpad.com/node/160 <table><tr><td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0316105996%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0316105996%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316105996.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg" height="148" width="160" alt="cover of Goodnight Opus" /></a></td><td><div id="amazoncontainer">List Price: $7.99 USD <br /><br />Amazon Price: $7.99 USD<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0316105996%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0316105996%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank">Buy it now</a><br clear="all" /></td></div></tr></table>Binding: Paperback <br /><p>Through characteristically snappy wordplay, cartoonist Breathed ( The Last Basselope ) introduces a true "goodnight opus" that's both bedtime tale and vehicle for his own Opus the penguin. According to a self-consciously whimsical narrative--whose rhyme structure strongly resembles that of " 'Twas the Night Before Christmas"--Opus slips into "pink bunny jammies" and listens to his grandmother reciting his favorite story. However, when Grandma dozes off, a mischievous Opus admits, "I departed the text." Here, black-and-white illustrations give way to arresting technicolor a la The Wizard of Oz . Opus joins a mouse, a helium-balloon-headed pillow and a gargatuan purple critter on a flying tricycle to bid sweet dreams to the holsteins in the Milky Way (has someone been reading Gary Larson's Cows of Our Planet? ). Breathed demonstrates his airbrush mastery with stark color contrasts and luminescent spreads that fairly pop off the page. Nevertheless, he delivers his message--to "depart the text" of ordinary life for flights of fancy--in florid language that young readers may find opaque; beneath the window dressing, his clear attempt to woo the Dr. Seuss crowd seems soulless. All ages.<br /> Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.</p> Ages 4-8 Books Fiction Products Mon, 27 Feb 2006 22:42:54 -0500 Amazon.com: Tacky in Trouble: Books: Helen Lester,Lynn M. Munsinger http://www.penguinpad.com/node/158 <table><tr><td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0395861136%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0395861136%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0395861136.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg" height="140" width="126" alt="cover of Tacky in Trouble" /></a></td><td><div id="amazoncontainer">List Price: $16.00 USD <br /><br />Amazon Price: $10.88 USD<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0395861136%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0395861136%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank">Buy it now</a><br clear="all" /></td></div></tr></table>Binding: Hardcover <br /><p>Kindergarten-Grade 2ATacky the Penguin (Houghton, 1988) stars in another adventure. While he is surfing, Tacky's brightly flowered shirt catches a gust of wind, and, after many days, he finds himself on a tropical island. There, he encounters a large gray rock that turns out to be an elephant. The elephant mistakes Tacky for a bouquet of blossoms just right for his table. To escape, Tacky must prove that he really is a bird by doing "something penguinish." He marches, dives, slides, and hops across the food-filled table with a bit too much vigor and ruins the elephant's tablecloth. The penguin's luck holds, however, and the elephant loves his colorful new tablecloth. With snacks and three kisses, Tacky returns home where he is welcomed as "an odd bird, a nice bird to have around." The story will appeal to children who know that making a mess can cause trouble. The soft, watercolor illustrations and simple story line make this a good choice for reading aloud.AMarty Abbott Goodman, L.J. Bell Elementary School, Rockingham, NC<br /> Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.</p> Action & Adventure Ages 4-8 Books Fiction Humor Products Mon, 27 Feb 2006 22:39:50 -0500 My Penguin Osbert http://www.penguinpad.com/node/142 <table><tr><td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0763616990%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0763616990%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0763616990.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg" height="160" width="137" alt="cover of My Penguin Osbert" /></a></td><td><div id="amazoncontainer">List Price: $16.99 USD <br /><br />Amazon Price: $11.55 USD<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0763616990%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0763616990%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank">Buy it now</a><br clear="all" /></td></div></tr></table>Binding: Hardcover <br /><p>PreSchool-Grade 2-After several years in which his Christmas wishes have gone awry, Joe gets smart and writes Santa a detailed and exact description of the present he wants-a real live penguin.</p> Ages 4-8 Books Daily Fun Fiction Friendship Products Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:37:12 -0500 Antarctic Antics: A Book of Penguin Poems http://www.penguinpad.com/node/141 <table><tr><td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0152010068%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0152010068%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0152010068.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg" height="140" width="186" alt="cover of Antarctic Antics: A Book of Penguin Poems" /></a></td><td><div id="amazoncontainer">List Price: $17.00 USD <br /><br />Amazon Price: $11.90 USD<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0152010068%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0152010068%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank">Buy it now</a><br clear="all" /></td></div></tr></table>Binding: Hardcover <br /><p>Judy Sierra, author of the well-loved picture books Counting Crocodiles and The House That Drac Built, delights young readers again, this time paying poetic tribute to the distinguished-yet-waddling emperor penguin of icy Antarctica.</p> Ages 4-8 Books Daily Fun Fiction Humor Poems Products Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:19:13 -0500 Lost and Found http://www.penguinpad.com/node/107 <table><tr><td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0399245030%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0399245030%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0399245030.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg" height="160" width="156" alt="cover of Lost and Found" /></a></td><td><div id="amazoncontainer">List Price: $15.99 USD <br /><br />Amazon Price: $10.87 USD<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0399245030%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0399245030%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank">Buy it now</a><br clear="all" /></td></div></tr></table>Binding: Hardcover <br /><p>PreSchool-Grade 2%u2013Once there was a boy who found a penguin at his door. From this opening line to the very end, this gentle story of friendship will capture young readers' imaginations.</p> Ages 4-8 Ages 9-12 Books Daily Fun Fiction Friendship Products Fri, 17 Feb 2006 01:59:21 -0500 Antarctic Antics: A Book of Penguin Poems http://www.penguinpad.com/node/59 <table><tr><td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0152010068%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0152010068%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0152010068.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg" height="140" width="186" alt="cover of Antarctic Antics: A Book of Penguin Poems" /></a></td><td><div id="amazoncontainer">List Price: $17.00 USD <br /><br />Amazon Price: $11.90 USD<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0152010068%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0152010068%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank">Buy it now</a><br clear="all" /></td></div></tr></table>Binding: Hardcover <br /><p>Amazon.com<br /> Judy Sierra, author of the well-loved picture books Counting Crocodiles and The House That Drac Built, delights young readers again, this time paying poetic tribute to the distinguished-yet-waddling emperor penguin of icy Antarctica. Comical, cartoonish paintings by accomplished illustrators (and penguin lovers) Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey combined with Sierra's lively poems will have your favorite kids giggling and, perhaps, wanting a pet baby penguin of their own!</p> <p>Youngsters will dive, swim, and glide through playful poems such as "My Father's Feet," which begins: "To keep myself up on the ice,/I find my father's feet are nice./I snuggle in his belly fluff,/And that's how I stay warm enough." "Penguin's Swim" starts, "Ten little penguins all in a line--/One jumps in and now there are nine./Nine little penguins, how they hesitate--/One tumbles in and now there are eight." Sierra's poems are based on the lives and habits of emperor penguins, so your kids will learn about life in the Antarctic from a penguin's perspective.</p> Ages 4-8 Books Fiction Humor Poems Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:20:53 -0500 Amazon.com: Tacky and the Emperor: Books: Helen Lester,Lynn M. Munsinger http://www.penguinpad.com/node/57 <table><tr><td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0618260099%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0618260099%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618260099.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg" height="140" width="125" alt="cover of Tacky and the Emperor" /></a></td><td><div id="amazoncontainer">List Price: $5.95 USD <br /><br />Amazon Price: $5.95 USD<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0618260099%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0618260099%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank">Buy it now</a><br clear="all" /></td></div></tr></table>Binding: Paperback <br /><p>From Publishers Weekly<br /> "That prince among penguins returns," noted PW. "Here Tacky gets the royal treatment after he innocently tries on the emperor penguin's clothes and the emperor penguin gets a welcome break from pomp and ceremony." Ages 4-8. (Aug)<br /> Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.</p> Ages 4-8 Books Emperor penguin Fiction Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:19:51 -0500 Little Penguin's Tale (A Voyager/Hbj Book) http://www.penguinpad.com/node/55 <table><tr><td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0152474765%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0152474765%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0152474765.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.gif" height="140" width="184" alt="cover of Little Penguin's Tale (A Voyager/Hbj Book)" /></a></td><td><div id="amazoncontainer">List Price: $7.00 USD <br /><br />Amazon Price: $7.00 USD<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0152474765%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0152474765%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank">Buy it now</a><br clear="all" /></td></div></tr></table>Binding: Paperback <br /><p>Book Description<br /> Just as in the story that Grand Nanny Penguin is telling, Little Penguin slides down hills, dances with wild, silly, goony birds, and almost gets eaten by a whale. “The deep greens, bright yellows, and glacial blues depict a northern world of fun and frolic that is warm and appealing.”--Booklist</p> Ages 4-8 Antartica Books Fiction Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:18:33 -0500 Cinderella Penguin : Little Glass Flipper (Picture Puffins) http://www.penguinpad.com/node/53 <table><tr><td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0140555528%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0140555528%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0140555528.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg" height="128" width="140" alt="cover of Cinderella Penguin: Little Glass Flipper (Picture Puffins)" /></a></td><td><div id="amazoncontainer">List Price: $5.99 USD <br /><br />Amazon Price: $5.99 USD<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0140555528%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0140555528%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank">Buy it now</a><br clear="all" /></td></div></tr></table>Binding: Paperback <br /><p>An adaptation of the traditional tale of Cinderella with penguins rather than humans as characters.</p> Ages 4-8 Books Fairy Tales Fiction Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:17:25 -0500 Three Cheers for Tacky http://www.penguinpad.com/node/49 <table><tr><td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=039582740X%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/039582740X%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/039582740X.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg" height="140" width="126" alt="cover of Three Cheers for Tacky" /></a></td><td><div id="amazoncontainer">List Price: $5.95 USD <br /><br />Amazon Price: $5.95 USD<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=039582740X%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/039582740X%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank">Buy it now</a><br clear="all" /></td></div></tr></table>Binding: Paperback <br /><p>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?</p> Books Fiction Humor Individuality Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:14:07 -0500 Lost and Found http://www.penguinpad.com/node/48 <table><tr><td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0618439536%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0618439536%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0618439536.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg" height="140" width="123" alt="cover of Tackylocks and the Three Bears" /></a></td><td><div id="amazoncontainer">List Price: $5.95 USD <br /><br />Amazon Price: $5.95 USD<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0618439536%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0618439536%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank">Buy it now</a><br clear="all" /></td></div></tr></table>Binding: Paperback <br /><p>From School Library Journal<br /> PreSchool-Grade 2%u2013Once there was a boy who found a penguin at his door. From this opening line to the very end, this gentle story of friendship will capture young readers' imaginations. The child assumes that the penguin is lost, which is logical since the lumpy black-and-white bird does look awfully forlorn. Determined to help the creature find its way home, he discovers that penguins come from the South Pole, and the two board a rowboat. During their long sea voyage, the youngster passes the time by telling his companion many stories. However, when they finally reach their destination, he realizes that the penguin was not lost, but just lonely and looking for a friend. The soft watercolor paintings feature simple shapes and a palette that ranges from pale to bold. The boy has a square body, stick legs, and a round head with tiny dot eyes and an expressive mouth. For much of the tale, the characters are placed on crisp white backdrops, while colorful ocean scenes depict their journey. The text's subtle humor and the appealing visuals make this title a wonderful read-aloud.%u2013Genevieve Gallagher, Murray Elementary School, Charlottesville, VA</p> Ages 4-8 Ages 9-12 Books Fiction Friendship Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:12:29 -0500 Tackylocks and the Three Bears http://www.penguinpad.com/node/46 <table><tr><td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0618439536%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0618439536%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0618439536.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg" height="140" width="123" alt="cover of Tackylocks and the Three Bears" /></a></td><td><div id="amazoncontainer">List Price: $5.95 USD <br /><br />Amazon Price: $5.95 USD<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=artiwu03%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0618439536%2526tag=artiwu03%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0618439536%25253FSubscriptionId=0JEKXTWNECEXBJGY7RR2" target="_blank">Buy it now</a><br clear="all" /></td></div></tr></table>Binding: Paperback <br /><p>Tacky steals the show but not in the way he had hoped in Tackylocks and the Three Bears, the fifth title in the Tacky series by Helen Lester, illus. by Lynn Munsinger. This time around he joins up with penguin pals Goodly, Lovely, Angel, Neatly and Perfect to put on a play for Miss Beakly's class.<br /> Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.</p> Ages 4-8 Books Children's plays Fiction Humor Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:08:53 -0500