Penguin's Egg

(Paperback)

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A rhyming delight full of energy, vehicles, peril and fatherly love- will Daddy Penguin get home to his hatching egg on time On a frozen sea, where the snow falls fast, and the whirlwinds rage and storm, A rockhopper egg, in a stony nest, was lying safe and warm. Dad watched and waited, waited, watched, the night grew inky black, Then he fell into a sleep so deep, he didn't hear the . . . CRACK Daddy Penguin finds himself adrift in an unfamiliar world, and he must get home for his egg! From train to helicopter, hot-air balloon to limousine, Daddy Penguin hitches lifts with kindly folk - but will he be home in time A race against time for Daddy Penguin in this rhyming delight

Author Bio

Anna Kemp writes both picture books and middle-grade fiction. Her books have been nominated for a number of prizes including the Booktrust Early Years Award (2010), The Roald Dahl Funny Prize (2010, 2012), The Waterstones Children's Book Prize (2011, 2013), Oscar's Book Prize (2015), and The Dundee Picture Book Award (2018). Her work has also been adapted for television (Bookaboo, CBeebies), puppetry (Little Angel), dance (Ballet Black), orchestra (LSO) and theatre (New Writing North, Little Blue Monster).