A Penguin Like Me
$28.00
- Hardcover
32 pages
- Release Date
5 March 2024
Summary
A penguin is a penguin is a penguin in this picture book about community and acceptance, from best-selling author of The Rainbow Fish Marcus Pfister!
At first glance, all penguins look the same. But a closer look reveals that every penguin is different. Theo is the smartest of them all, but doesn’t want to show it. Felix has short wings, Sarah loves to draw more than talk, and Lena is attracted to Ida. Each penguin has worries and fears, strengths and dreams. And yet,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780735845589 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0735845581 |
| Author: | Marcus Pfister, David Henry Wilson |
| Publisher: | North-South Books |
| Imprint: | North-South Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 5 March 2024 |
| Weight: | 363g |
| Dimensions: | 279mm x 216mm |
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A Penguin Like Me involves maintaining happy and healthy relationships among a community of diverse individuals and emphasizes the beauty of acknowledging, accepting, and sharing everyone’s unique perspective * NY Journal of Books *…the sympathetic accounting, which eschews employing labels for specific traits… offers a real feel for the penguins’ individual yearnings to both be themselves and belong * Publishers Weekly *
About The Author
Marcus Pfister
Marcus Pfister was born in Bern, Switzerland. After studying at the Art School of Bern, he apprenticed as a graphic designer and worked in an advertising agency before becoming self-employed in 1984. His debut picture book, The Sleepy Owl, was published by NorthSouth in 1986, but his big breakthrough came six years later with The Rainbow Fish. Marcus has illustrated over sixty-five books that have been translated into more than sixty languages and received countless international awards. He lives with his wife, Debora, and their children in Bern.
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