About this item
From Barnes & NoblePenguins cannot fly. For others, that seems like a definitive fact, but for irrepressible little Penguin, it is only a challenge. With a soaring spirit, our brave earthbound flipper attempts to find a way to flap his way into nature history books. Can he do it To find out, you have to read this sweet picture book. School Library Journal 03/01/2014 K-Gr 2Little Penguin, who has the self-proclaimed "soul of an eagle," wants to fly. Steering his motorboat into a dockside flight school for birds, he announces to the other feathery students and teacher that "[he] was hatched to fly." Teacher and Flamingo are unconvinced, but they allow Little Penguin to take lessons anyway. Outfitted with goofy red googles, Little Penguin certainly has the will, if not the talent.
About the Author
Lita Judge is the award winning author and illustrator of 26 fiction and nonfiction books including Mary's Monster, a YA novel about Mary Shelley and the creation of Frankenstein. Her picture books include Homes in the Wild, Penguin Flies Home, Born in the Wild, Red Sled, Hoot and Peep, and One Thousand Tracings, winner of the International Reading Association Award and an ALA Notable Book. Her book, Flight School, was adapted into an off-Broadway musical and is currently running in New York and China. She lives in Peterborough, NH. www.litajudge.net
