Review: I wish there had been some illustrations
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 7, 2013
I really enjoyed this story of a whale that helped make a penguin's dream come true but considering that this is a children's book, I wondered why there were no illustrations other than the one on the cover. I would love to have seen Akid crashing to the ground after a failed attempt to fly while his penguin buddies roll on the ground laughing at him.  I also would love to have seen Akid flying through the air after his "assist" from Port.  I would like to have seen the astonishment on the other penguins' faces when they saw Akid "flying".  There could have been an illustration of Port looking on in satisfaction after Akid's successful flight.  In other words, there were many excellent places where illustrations could have been included and I was extremely disappointed that the illustrations were not there. The text was all on just a few pages like you would expect to see in an adult's book.  I believe having just a couple of sentences on each page along with an illustration would have made this book much more enjoyable to children.