Did you hear that?
Was that a crack in the ice?
Did you SEE that?
One penguin, set adrift!
Two words are all that are needed to get this quietly humorous story started - "Craaaack" "Snick!"
With full concentration on the fish in its bright orange beak, the small penguin is unaware that it might be in some trouble. Those two sounds (as a tiny bit of ice breaks away from the larger floe) leave the bird surprised and anxious as its colony gets further and further from view.
Realizing there is not turning back, the bird relaxes and begins a journey of great beauty and endless wonder. Adults (and some children) will recognize familiar and iconic sights presented as the bird travels on. The Northern Lights, icy caverns, Rio's Great Redeemer, the Statue of Liberty, a Greek church, the Sydney Opera House ... always moving forward toward what? As the tiny ice patch melts, readers know the penguin has reached warmer water. What yet lies ahead? A cheerful and comical resolution, that's what!
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