A Penguin Story
10 best books like A Penguin Story (Antoinette Portis): Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit: A Book of Changing Seasons, Brontorina, Tweak Tweak, Waiting for Winter, The Snow Day, There Are Cats in This Book, Penguins, Penguins, Everywhere!, A Dog Is a Dog, One Boy, Penguin and Pinecone
Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit: A Book of Changing Seasons
| Author | Il Sung Na |
| ISBN | 0375867864 |
What do the animals do when the snow falls to the ground and all the trees are bare? Some fly long distances, while some swim to warmer waters. Some take a long, warm sleep where they live, while others have a thick, cozy coat and can stay in the snow!
As with Il Sung Na's previous books, Snow Rabbit,...
| Author | James Howe |
| ISBN | 0763644374 |
From the sure-footed duo of James Howe and Randy Cecil comes a hugely endearing new character in a humorous, heart-warming tale about holding on to your dreams.
Brontorina has a dream. She wants to dance. But Brontorina is rather large too large to fit in Madame Lucille s dance studio. Brontorina...
| Author | Eve Bunting |
| ISBN | 0618998519 |
Little Elephant and Mama Elephant are going for a walk. “Hold on to my tail,” says Mama. “If you want to ask me a question, tweak twice.” Tweak, tweak! “Mama, what is that?” Little Elephant is curious about the frog, the monkey, the songbird, the butterfly, and the crocodile—and especially...
| Author | Sebastian Meschenmoser |
| ISBN | 1935279041 |
What can I say about Sebastian Meschenmoser’s Waiting for Winter except for wow, what a sweet and simply wonderful little story, with equally enchanting illustrations (although I do wish that my local library also had this book in the original German, as Herr Eichhorn und der erste Schnee but that...
| Author | Komako Sakai |
| ISBN | 0545013216 |
The best snow day book since Ezra Jack Keats's THE SNOWY DAY...
A young rabbit wakes up to wonderful news: A snow day! School is canceled, and the day that follows is rich with the magic and delight of the falling snow. And yet there is longing too, as the young rabbit and his mother wait for news of...
There Are Cats in This Book
| Author | Viviane Schwarz |
| ISBN | 0763639230 |
Open the covers of this extraordinarily inventive, interactive book to find that the cats inside are ready to play -- in very surprising ways.
There they are, purring under a blanket. But not for long! Three sprightly cats named Tiny, Moonpie, and Andre are eager to involve you in their games, whether...
Penguins, Penguins, Everywhere!
Penguins sliding on their tummies and swimming in the sea! Penguins cuddling for warmth and hiding in the shade! A wide variety of these irresistibly charming animalsfrom climates warm and colddanceacross the pages of Penguins, Penguins, Everywhere! Award-winning author and artist Bob Barner...
| Author | Stephen Shaskan |
| ISBN | 0811878961 |
Beware the children’s librarian entrenched in the same old, same old. One of the risks of the profession is that when children’s librarians grow jaded, they start to rely upon the same five to eight books for all their storytimes. Toddlers today? Haul out The Noisy Counting Book. Preschoolers?...
| Author | Laura Vaccaro Seeger |
| ISBN | 1596432748 |
This die-cut book explores two (!) concepts: counting and words-within-words, while also telling a satisfying story about the power of art and imagination in one child's life.
ONE boy
all alONE
two SEAls
in the SEA
three APEs
no escAPE
four monKEYs
hold the...
This story illustrates the bittersweet task of supporting the people we love, even if it means losing them.
Penguin is having lots of fun with his new friend Pinecone, but when he realizes that Pinecone can't grow up big and strong planted in the ice, he carries him on his sled, all the way home...
| Author | Frances Barry |
| ISBN | 0763620661 |
Turn the graduated pages of this unique shaped book to help Duckie find her way home — and you’ll marvel at the dazzling rainbow that appears when she gets there.
Duckie is in a hurry to get home. She walks through a red poppy field, hops under an orange bridge, waddles around a yellow cornfield,...
| Author | Peter McCarty |
| ISBN | 0805069348 |
Alone in his room, Jeremy draws amonster. But then themonster wants lunch! As his creation takes over, Jeremy begins to wonder how he will ever get rid of themonstrous nuisance.He entertains his unwanted guest all day, but enough is enough. Jeremy finally draws him a bus ticket out of town!
With...
| Author | Linda Newbery |
| ISBN | 1416971122 |
I'm in love with Posy. This is such a fun, sweet, delightful little book about a fun, sweet, delightful kitten! The illustrations are definitely a bit unusual in style, but I just adore them. And the text is very sparse, just two words per page, rhyming, but it completely captures all the variations in...
| Author | Greg E. Foley |
| ISBN | 0670061654 |
Early one morning, a little bear found a little box. He looked inside. Then he exclaimed,
"Why, it's the greatest thing ever! Mouse will love this."
Bear's friends aren't so sure of his newfound treasure, however. "That's not so great," says Monkey. "I've seen those before," says...
| Author | Rebecca Emberley |
| ISBN | 1596434643 |
BONK! An award-winning father-daughter team make the sky fall an entirely new way.
You may already know the tale of a not-quite-so-bright little chicken whose encounter with an acorn and gravity convinces him the sky is falling, but youÕve never seen the story told this way. A brilliant collaboration...
| Author | Kevin Henkes |
| ISBN | 0061363049 |
In what the New York Times Book Review calls “a perfect book,” a little girl watches birds from her window and dreams she can fly. A board book edition of the critically acclaimed picture book from the award-winning husband-and-wife team of Kevin Henkes and Laura Dronzek. An ALA Notable Book.
Birds...
Yummy: Eight Favorite Fairy Tales
| Author | Lucy Cousins |
| ISBN | 0763644749 |
Beware -- these fairy tales are not for the faint of heart! Maisy creator Lucy Cousins shifts gears to retell her favorites with vivid, rousing illustrations.
Eight classic stories take on new energy as Lucy Cousins ramps up her artwork. In this bold, funny, and unflinching collection, the...
| Author | Wendell Minor |
| ISBN | 0061130974 |
In this simple, rhyming picture book, the youngest readers will learn about penguins. This is the perfect read-aloud for teachers and parents to share with young children as they imagine what life as a penguin is like!
The short text by Florence Minor pairs perfectly with the gorgeous, detailed...
| Author | Edel Rodriguez |
| ISBN | 0316066168 |
Sergio Makes a Splash / Edel Rodriguez / 2008
Genre: fiction
Format: picture book
Plot Summary: Even though he loves water, Sergio the penguin is afraid to swim in the deep water until he learns how.
Considerations: none
Review Citation:
Booklist, vol 104,...
| Author | Emily Gravett |
| ISBN | 0230014917 |
Like many infertile women throughout history, hapless Duck suffers from social stigmatization and low self-esteem. Even though the obvious solution, adoption, is emotionally satisfying to her, she continues to suffer the mockery and criticism of her peers, who deride the physical dissimilarities...
| Author | Valeri Gorbachev |
| ISBN | 0375843744 |
After Little Turtle’s father reads him a bedtime story about penguins, Little Turtle falls asleep and dreams that he’s a penguin. The next morning he decides to be a penguin for the day, so he waddles into a pair of red slippers and drapes an old black coat over his head and arms. At school his classmates...
| Author | Oliver Jeffers |
| ISBN | 0399255451 |
From the illustrator of the #1 smash hit The Day the Crayons Quit comes a humorous, resonant tale about the value of shared experiences.
A penguin has wings for a reason . . . doesn't he? Having a best friend with his own airplane is one thing, but actually experiencing what it feels like to fly by...
| Author | Polly Dunbar |
| ISBN | 0763634042 |
A quirky new tale from a rising talent — in which a bossy little boy receives a surprising comeuppance.
When Ben rips open his present, he finds a penguin inside. "Hello, Penguin!" he says. "What shall we play?" But Penguin says nothing. Even when Ben tickles its belly, sings a funny song, does...
