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Seven little Penguins snuggle together in a cozy huddle as their Grand Nanny Penguin tells them a story of long, long ago. |
| "Once there was a little penguin just like you," she begins, "Just like you - except he didn't listen to his Grand Nanny's Tales." |
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Published by Harcourt Brace & Company
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But wait! One of the seven little penguins is not listening either. Just like the penguin of long, long ago, he's sneaking away into the snowy, polar world to have some fun. |
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Publishers Weekly Review - August 11, 1989
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"As Grand Nanny is describing the antics of a young penguin of long ago, Little Penguin sneaks off for adventures of his own. He slides up and down icy mountains, dances with the wonderfully wild gooney birds and joins in the merriment at the madcap Walrus Polar Club; his adventures parallel those of Grand Nanny's story. Then comes the sad part of her tale - Little Penguin is eaten by a whale. But her charges wail and weep until she offers a new ending - Little Penguin escapes. With outlandish
humor and fabulous color illustrations, Wood serves up a good-natured
romp across the polar ice-cap." Ages 3-7.
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| "After illustrating seven picture books, I feel I found my mature style with this book." AW |
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