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Blue Penguin

by Petr Horacek

Interest age: 3 to 5

Published by Walker Books, 2015

About this book

Far, far away in the southernmost tip of the earth, a blue penguin is born. He dives like a penguin, swims like a penguin and catches fish like a penguin.

But Blue Penguin doesn't fit it and is left all alone. Every night, he dreams of a large white whale who rescues him from his loneliness.

Blue Penguin sings a sad song to the white whale. The music is beautiful, and another little penguin comes to listen. When they sing a new song together, all the penguins join them, along with the majestic white whale. But Blue Penguin doesn't need to be rescued now - because he has friends.

A touching story about belonging, with magical illustrations on every page.

About the author

I grew up in Prague in the Czech Republic. Just outside our flat there was a wood where I spent lots of time playing with friends. We would climb on piles of soil or build bunkers from forgotten builder's materials. I always wanted to be an illustrator, but I preferred to look at the pictures inside the books rather than to read them. I would listen to the story or watch a film and then fill up my sketchbook with pictures and images from the story. I started to read books quite late, but I haven't stopped since.

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