Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Ebook28 pages0 minutes
Flora and the Penguin
By Molly Idle
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
Having mastered ballet in Flora and the Flamingo, Flora takes to the ice and forms an unexpected friendship with a penguin. Twirling, leaping, spinning, and gliding, on skates and flippers, the duo mirror each other's graceful dance above and below the ice. But when Flora gives the penguin the cold shoulder, the pair must figure out a way to work together for uplifting results. Artist Molly Idle creates an innovative, wordless picture book with clever flaps that reveal Flora and the penguin coming together, spiraling apart, and coming back together as only true friends do.
Unavailable
Author
Molly Idle
Molly Idle began her career as an artist working for DreamWorks Feature Animation, and from there she leapt into the world of children's books. She is the author of the Caldecott Honor–winning Flora and the Flamingo, as well as its companion, Flora and the Penguin, among other picture books. She lives in Tempe, Arizona.
Read more from Molly Idle
Flora and the Penguin Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Flora and the Chicks: A Counting Book Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Flora and the Ostrich: An Opposites Book Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Three Billy Goats Gruff Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My Shadow Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related to Flora and the Penguin
Related ebooks
If You Were a City Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHow to Read a Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Elmer and Rose Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Hello, Rain! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Over and Under the Snow Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Rock Can Be . . . Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Being Frank Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tree of Wonder: The Many Marvelous Lives of a Rainforest Tree Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Over and Under the Pond Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Stone Sat Still Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Butterflies Belong Here: A Story of One Idea, Thirty Kids, and a World of Butterflies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMy Ex-Imaginary Friend Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBrave Irene: A Picture Book Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Everything You Need for a Treehouse Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sleep Tight Farm: A Farm Prepares for Winter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rain Boy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Tooth Mouse Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ice Breaker: How Mabel Fairbanks Changed Figure Skating Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSuki’s Kimono Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5That Cat Can't Stay Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Every Friday Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Redwoods Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hungry Jim Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Elmer and the Whales Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Day I Ran Away Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5On Wings of Words: The Extraordinary Life of Emily Dickinson Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Alfie in the Woods Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOrdinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Children's Social Themes For You
Pete the Kitty Goes to the Doctor Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Amelia Bedelia Gets the Picture Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stuart Little Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Frog and Toad: A Little Book of Big Thoughts Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Winnie the Pooh: The Classic Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Good Egg Presents: The Great Eggscape!: An Easter And Springtime Book For Kids Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bridge to Terabithia Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You Go First Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The School for Good and Evil: Now a Netflix Originals Movie Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Crossover: A Newbery Award Winner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: The Classic Fantasy Adventure Series (Official Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dork Diaries 1: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Pout-Pout Fish Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Out of My Mind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Number the Stars: A Newbery Award Winner Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Amari and the Night Brothers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Witch of Blackbird Pond: A Newbery Award Winner Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hello, Universe: A Newbery Award Winner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Neverseen Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Prince Caspian: The Classic Fantasy Adventure Series (Official Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Legacy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Keeper of the Lost Cities Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Unlocked Book 8.5 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Graveyard Book Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Have You Filled a Bucket Today?: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shiloh Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silver Chair: The Classic Fantasy Adventure Series (Official Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ban This Book: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lodestar Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for Flora and the Penguin
Rating: 3.945312453125 out of 5 stars
4/5
64 ratings4 reviews
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Gorgeous wordless picture book. Absolutely beautiful.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5wordless and wonderful
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is just an adorable little book.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5That charming young dancer Flora, whose story began in the Caldecott Honor Book Flora and the Flamingo, returns in this skating adventure, pairing up this time with a penguin. As the two swoop over the ice in a graceful dance, the duo seem perfectly in sync. Then penguin disappears beneath the ice, returning with a little offering for the sulky Flora. At first she rejects his gift of a fish, causing hurt feelings all around, but eventually the two reconcile, and are once again a pair...Like its predecessor, Flora and the Penguin is a wordless picture-book, with flaps that can be lifted to show further motion on the page. Just as I was with Flora and the Flamingo, I was impressed here by the fact that the flaps - which I often find fairly superfluous to the story of the books in which they are included - furthered the narrative, showing the two figures of girl and penguin in their dance. Moving together, then apart, then together again, a story of friendship, misunderstanding and then reconciliation unfolds. Immensely effective, despite the absence of text, this is a book that features an endearing story, and delightful artwork. Recommended to anyone who enjoyed the first book about Flora, or who is looking for wintry picture-books featuring penguins (or ice-skating).