Storytime Sunday

"The Lonely Penguin"

By David C. Lee

  This week's Storytime Sunday is "The Lonely Penguin" by David C. Lee.  It can be purchased from Dorrance Publishing Co. Inc. by going here.

Mommy in PA says:   Now I want to start off with the old saying "You can't judge a book by it's cover" which is true for this one because I was totally expecting actual photographs on the inside after seeing the photo on the cover but that was the only photograph in the entire book all other pages were very pretty drawn illustrations. 

 That being said, this is a very cute book.  It starts out with an old woman who makes pillows to support herself financially.  The one pillow she makes ends up doing more than that.  It is a pillow with a cute picture of a smiling, happy penguin on it.  This pillow ends up going on quite an adventure that takes the young reader through the tale of how the pillow goes from person to person to ... penguin.  The pillow meets some bad characters but always ends up getting away from them by some odd circumstances and eventually ends up being just what the lonely penguin needs to make him not so lonely anymore. 

If I said too much more I would be giving away the whole story and this is one of those ones that has a totally unexpected ending. 

 I read this to my seven year old and he thought it was pretty good but my fourteen year old daughter didn't really care for it.  We figure this is one for the younger audiences. 

  In summary, loved the illustrations, cute storyline, fun for the little ones, and a good example of how good triumphs over evil. 

Disclaimer:  I received this book for free from Dorrance Publishing Co, Inc. in exchange for my review but all opinions are my own.