"It's not a funny costume," said Little Turtle. "I'm a penguin!" And then he put the book about penguins into his backpack and waddled outside to the school bus."
It's quite amazing what a bedtime story and an imagination can initiate. Father Turtle has no idea what he is setting in motion the night he reads his son a book about penguins. While asleep that night Little Turtle dreams of being a penguin and when he wakes up in the morning, his day is set. He finds all the paraphernalia needed and sets off for school as a penguin. His teacher and classmates are intrigued and willing to join in the fun. Books about penguins, games penguins play and even a waddling dance become the order of the day. Turtle loves being a penguin; and then, his Dad reads him a book about monkeys!
A page filled with penguin facts follows this lively story and will be appreciated by those who love all things penguin. The watercolor illustrations are humorous and gentle, honoring the imaginations of those little ones who will want to hear it again and again. Maybe they'll even try life as a penguin themselves...or a monkey, a kangaroo, a bear!
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