Penguins
PreSchool-Grade 2—Penguins at the zoo lead predictable lives—swimming, eating fish, playing penguin games, looking at people—until the day they discover a camera on a rock. After they have dented it and pushed all the buttons, one little bird realizes what it is and tells the others to smile at it, which they do. Then all of the little penguins take pictures of each other until the camera stops working. The zookeeper finds it the next morning and returns it to the little girl who lost it. Luckily she loves penguins and does not mind that they "pecked it a bit." When the photos are developed, five foldout pictures show the penguin fun. The cartoon style of these pastel illustrations is as light and playful as the text. The sweet faces show a lot of expression, while the aqua and purple backgrounds highlight their antics. Children will enjoy the penguins' photos, and they will delight in the story whether they read it themselves or listen to it.—Mary Jean Smith, Southside Elementary School, Lebanon, TNCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.