He takes his rowing boat out of the cupboard, tests it for size and strength and packs everything that the pair will need for the journey. So the boy decides that he and the penguin will row to the South Pole. He goes down to the harbour and asks a big ship to take them to the South Pole but the ship is about to depart and does not hear the boy over the sound of the ship's horn. He wonders how to get there and return the penguin to his surroundings. The next morning he is determined and he finds out that penguins are from the South Pole. When he goest to bed the boy frets because he wants to help the penguin but he doesn't know how to do so. The boy also asks his pet toy duck when he gets in the bath that night but the duck, too, doesn't respond and simply floats away. He even tries asking the birds if they know anything about the penguin, but, perhaps not surprisingly, they ignore his question.

The boy thinks the penguin must be lost so he visits the Lost and Found Office but meets with no joy. The penguin, meanwhile, stands there looking all very sad. The boy in the story, unnamed, finds a penguin on his doorstep and wonders where he comes from. It is a simple story about a boy and a penguin but the feelings it arouses are many there is pathos aplenty, a fear of being alone, wonderment, disappointment, determination and above all happiness and friendship. And thank goodness I didn't resist this one. There are no deliveries on Saturdays, Sundays or Bank Holidays.I just can't resist a book with a penguin in it. These times are an estimation, not a guarantee. These delivery times are the maximum delivery periods that a purchase can take to reach our customers. Standard Delivery: Free (2-4 working days) Express Delivery: £2.49 (reduced rate, 1-2 working days)Įxpress Delivery: Free (1-2 working days) Standard Delivery: £2.99 (2-4 working days) Express Delivery: £4.99 (1-2 working days) If any items are missing from your delivery, please allow 2 working days for the rest of your order to arrive before contacting us at of our books are 100% brand new, unread and purchased directly from the publishers in bulk allowing us to pass the huge savings on to you! Items from our extended range section are dispatched separately. We sometimes split orders between multiple parcels. Please note orders are only processed Monday-Friday. The orders go into our warehouse to be picked, packed and consolidated into one parcel where appropriate.

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