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32 pp.
| Kids Can |
September, 2002 |
TradeISBN 1-55074-947-1$$14.95
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Mireille Levert.
When Tina smuggles a penguin out of the zoo after a school visit, she tries to keep it in her bedroom, with predictably disastrous results. The story itself is anything but predictable, however: there's much humor and zip in the lengthy but lively text and in the illustrations, richly rendered in watercolor and gouache. The surprise ending is both funny and satisfying.