Your Personal Penguin
By (Author) Sandra Boynton
Illustrated by Sandra Boynton
Simon & Schuster
Boynton Bookworks
13th December 2023
12th October 2023
United States
Children
Fiction
813.6
Board book
24
Width 144mm, Height 159mm, Spine 18mm
215g
A musical penguin serenades a potential new friend in this irrepressible rhyming board book from the bestselling and beloved Sandra Boynton.
A slightly bewildered hippo and the loyal penguin who wants nothing more than to be his pal develop an unusual friendship in this sweet and silly story. Fun to hold, this read-aloud, listen-along story is a favorite for young children and the grown-ups who read to them.
Now, lots of other penguins seem to be fine
in a universe of nothing but ice.
But if I could be yours and you could be mine,
our cozy little world would be twice as nice.
I want to be Your Personal Penguin.
Sandra Boynton is a popular American cartoonist, childrens author, songwriter, producer, and director. Since 1974, Boynton has written and illustrated over seventy-five childrens books and seven general audience books, including fiveNew York Timesbestsellers. More than 85 million of her books have been sold, mostly to friends and family, she says. She has also written (with Michael Ford) and produced six albums of renegade childrens music. Three of her six albums have been certified Gold (over 500,000 copies sold) andPhiladelphia Chickens, nominated for a Grammy, has been certified Platinum (over 1 million copies sold). Boynton has also directed twelve music videos of her songs, including the award-winning One Shoe Blues starring B.B. King, Alligator Stroll starring Josh Turner, and Tyrannosaurus Funk (animated) sung by Samuel L. Jackson. She lives in rural New England, and her studio is in a barn with perhaps the only hippopotamus weathervane in America.