Available Formats
Hardback
Published: 3rd November 2022
Paperback
Published: 4th October 2023
Board book
Published: 2nd October 2024
Well Done, Mummy Penguin
By (Author) Chris Haughton
Illustrated by Chris Haughton
Walker Books Ltd
Walker Books Ltd
4th October 2023
5th October 2023
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
823.92
Short-listed for The Irish Book Awards 2022 (Ireland)
Paperback
40
Width 250mm, Height 258mm, Spine 5mm
230g
From Chris Haughton comes a funny, suspenseful celebration of mothers set against an atmospheric Antarctic backdrop.
Mummy Penguin is off to find a fishy dinner for her family. She has to swim very fast, climb a slippery cliff cu-crunch, cu-crunch, cu-crunch and even tiptoe past some sleeping seals Shh! All the while, Little Penguin looks on in awe and says: Well done, Mummy Penguin!
The icy and treacherous! Antarctic landscapes are breathtaking in this funny and exciting celebration of all that mothers do, and all that mothers are.
Mummy Penguins a superhero as she braves icy waters to fetch a meal for her family in a sweet tale sure to warm tiny tot hearts. While Little Penguins anxious for her mothers return, Mummy Penguins busy catch fish,, climbing slippery slopes and trying to sneak past sleeping seals. Naturally she never gives up. * The Geelong Advertiser *
Chris Haughton is an Irish designer and illustrator, and the acclaimed author of the picture books A Bit Lost, Oh No, George!, Shh! We Have a Plan, Goodnight Everyone, Don't Worry, Little Crab and Maybe... His books have won many prestigious prizes and awards across the world, from the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award to The Irish Children's Book of the Year, and have been published into thirty different languages. Originally from Dublin, Chris Haughton now lives in London. Find Chris online at chrishaughton.com, on Twitter as @chrishaughton and on Instagram as @chrishaughton.