Penguin (Penguin - Polly Dunbar)

Member Name: clairebear1984

Product:	Penguin - Polly Dunbar
Date:	11/06/09 (17 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Not very many

Disadvantages: More statements that story

On a recent trip to our local library, I was a little disappointed that I couldn't seem to find any books that my daughter hadn't borrowed in the past. We decided to settle for some stories that we hadn't heard of. One of them stories was a book called penguin which was written by Polly Dunbar.

The cover of the book was pretty basic to be honest; it shows a picture of a pretty basic penguin with the title above it. Usually the cover of the book entices my daughter into wanting to read it but as I mentioned before we didn't have much to choose from. I wasn't very hopeful on this one.

The story is about a little boy called Ben who opens a present to reveal a little penguin inside. Ben tries everything from talking to tickling the penguin with no response. Ben becomes sad and desperately wants the penguin to give him some reaction, he pulls faces and sings silly songs and is amazed when the penguin won't laugh. Ben tries to send the penguin out to space, yet still nothing. In the end Ben decided to try and feed penguin to the lion, still the penguin doesn't respond. The lion decided to eat Ben for being so noisy and the penguin reacts by biting the lion's nose, who then releases Ben. Both the lion and Ben are amazed that the penguin has reacted. Ben and the penguin become close.

To be honest I thought the writing in this book wasn't very good at all, it seemed like no story was actually being told, and more like statements being made. For a moment near the end when the lion ate Ben, my daughter became a little upset by this part. The book does have basic pictures inside but the idea of it just isn't something I would have borrowed had I of known the end.

Overall I didn't really enjoy reading this book and my daughter didn't really enjoy hearing it. She likes adventure and mystery and this story didn't provide it, it was rather bland.

Summary: Wouldnt recommend