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Lift the flaps to take Little Penguin on a journey filled with ups and downs. Little Penguin misses his friend and decides it’s time to visit. Leaping off his iceberg, he embarks on a journey, facing ups and downs and ins and outs until the pair are finally reunited. Young readers will have fun getting hands-on with this interactive book of lift-the-flap opposites, presented in an upmarket format that perfectly showcases Britta Teckentrup’s color-rich artwork.

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A penguin's journey to reunite with his friend supplies the premise behind this understated and elegantly designed interactive introduction to antonyms. The use of large, well-integrated flaps creates a satisfying sense of motion as readers help Little Penguin travel through the green-blue water past bloblike ocean flora and a variety of fauna, flecked with grainy or marbled patterns... Sweeping blues and grays emphasize the vastness of the water keeping the friends apart, making their eventual reunion especially tender.--Publishers Weekly Little Penguin sets out on a preposition-rich swim to visit a friend on a distant iceberg. ... The visual rises and falls in Little Penguin's journey create a simple, soothing flow. A pleasing, low-key dip into the ocean of language as well as water.--Kirkus Reviews The digital artwork is dark and cool, with the texture of block prints and the clean lines of papercut.--School Library Journal

Little Penguin sets out on a preposition-rich swim to visit a friend on a distant iceberg. ... The visual rises and falls in Little Penguin's journey create a simple, soothing flow. A pleasing, low-key dip into the ocean of language as well as water.--Kirkus Reviews

Author Information

Britta Teckentrup is a fine artist, writer, and illustrator of many well-loved books for children. Born in Hamburg, Germany, she studied at St. Martin’s College of Art and the Royal College of Art in London.

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