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32 pp.
| Random |
September, 2016 |
TradeISBN 978-0-553-51337-0$17.99
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LibraryISBN 978-0-375-97465-6$20.99
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EbookISBN 978-0-553-51338-7
(1)
K-3
Illustrated by
Lane Smith.
The snark level is high in this collaboration between funnymen John and Smith. Penguin wakes up and immediately begins to complain. When he loses his cool ("I have so many problems! And nobody even cares!"), an eloquent walrus offers wise advice. Penguin is at times wonderfully expressive, at others hilariously deadpan; his words, rendered in orange type, vary in size based on his presumed volume.
Reviewer: Sam Bloom
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
September, 2016