Blue Penguin

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This session uses the song 'Bare Necessities' from The Jungle Book. You may want to use the following clip as a stimulus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ogQ0uge06o

Blue Penguin by Petr Horáček | Waterstones

Blue Penguin's new song was so magical that the other penguins came to listen. When he had finished, they went up to him. "Your song is so beautiful," they said. "Will you teach us to sing, too?"The pictures are gorgeous, and in my opinion they are the only thing that saves this book from being one star.

Penguin Classics - Penguin Books Penguin Classics - Penguin Books

It is a touching, inspirational story that would make the perfect bedtime story, or one for a teacher to read to their class. Get in the Christmas spirit early with this stunningly illustrated book by award-winning illustrator Petr Horacek. [...] A charming and engaging book about friendship, understanding and belonging, this heart-warming story is just the thing to help promote positive behaviour in your young child and send him soundly off to sleep. Junior Petr Horáček'sbold and imaginative illustrations continue to captivate children and critics. His stories, often about loyalty and belonging, are told with an instinctive warmth and humour and are beautifully brought to life through his evocative use of colour and texture. He has won many awards around the world for classics such as Suzy Goose and A New House for Mouse and was shortlisted for the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal in 2012. He lives in Worcester.Peter and Paul are the best of friends, until one day while they are diving for fish, Peter is caught in a storm and swept out to sea alone. Thankfully, a kind blue whale is on hand to help him find his friend again - the only problem is that Peter has forgotten to tell him that Paul is a puffin, just like him. For more than seventy-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With nearly 2,000 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as quality translations by award-winning translators. Main idea: What is Christmas? What are the things that make it Christmas and what would it still be Christmas if certain things were missing Every night the penguin would dream about a big whale coming to take him away from his lonely place. In the morning he would sing a song to the whale. Then another little penguin heard him sing and over time she made friends with the penguin. Then the other penguins heard his songs, and they wanted to be his friends too.

Book Party: Writing Blue Penguin by Petr Horáček Picture Book Party: Writing Blue Penguin by Petr Horáček

Horacek's textured, colour-rich artwork creates dramatically beautiful Antarctic scenes while the little penguin is a charmer. Books for Keeps Na de superleuke Moppereend was ik zeker in de bui voor meer boeken van deze illustrator. Hij heeft een hele originele stijl. Plus ik hou van pinguïns! Dus tja, dit boek moest mee. Het gaat over een kleine blauwe (ja, echt) pinguïn die wordt geboren bij alleen maar zwarte pinguïns. De zwarte pinguïns zijn best gemeen want ze hebben nooit een blauwe pinguïn gezien. Ik vond het zo sneu voor onze kleine blauwe pinguïn. Hij deed alles wat pinguïns doen... en toch werd hij niet geaccepteerd door zijn kolonie (ik vind de Engelse naam veel leuker: waddle). Die arme pinguïn. Maar gelukkig komt er toch nog iets goeds, ik ga lekker niets verklappen maar wat was ik er blij mee. Wat was dat zoet zeg. Ik zat gewoon helemaal aww te gaan. Al moet ik zeggen dat ik vond dat diegenen wel iets meer moeite mogen doen.

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A heart-warming fable about friendship and belonging from the award-winning illustrator Petr Horacek. Parent Talk

Blue Penguin | BookTrust

Petr Horacek is a fine storyteller and illustrator, and this is well up to standard. [...] This is another delightful book from a multi-talented author. The School Librarian

This session is based on the story The little red hen. The difference being that in the tale the other characters holds exactly the same position – they don’t want to help. Not sure what he would have done with the whale or where exactly she would have taken him, anyway. Was this a metaphor for committing suicide? I don't know. Blue Penguin made up a song about the white whale from his dream. Each morning, he sang it across the ocean. Summary: Blue Penguin feels alone because the other penguin don't think that he's normal. I mean, he's blue! Okay, I know what this book is trying to do. Blue Penguin is born a different color from all the other penguins. They question if he is even a real penguin.