Review: A Penguin's Island Adventure That Parents Can Read to Their Kids
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 8, 2013
This is the first book in the Zeppi adventure series that I've read. It's an engaging story of a penguin named Zeppi and his human best friend, a boy named Alsedor, and what happens to them when they head out for a day at the beach. The pastel illustrations are a lovely compliment to the story line. There are heroes: kind-hearted dolphins, "a golden and light feathered eagle" named Howak and villains: a two-headed monster bird that Zeppi will have to outwit with the help of Howak before he and Alesdor can safely return home. It's well written with a happy ending. In fact, as Zeppi is retelling the day's adventure to Alesdor's mom, she laughs and says, "Oh Zeppi, you have such a great imagination!" For young children who have such vivid imaginations, this final sentence can be a great conversation starter about what's real and what's pretend.