Lost and Found
Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · December 29, 2005
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- Who it’s for
- A funny, tender journey makes room for loneliness, friendship, and the comfort of being understood.
- Themes
- Friendship, Loneliness
- Genres
- Penguin Stories, Friendship, Polar Regions Stories
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Start with this bookAbout this book
From the illustrator of the #1 smash hit The Day The Crayons Quit comes a humorously warm tale of friendship. Now also an animated TV special! What is a boy to do when a lost penguin shows up at his door? Find out where it comes from, of course, and return it. But the journey to the South Pole is long and difficult in the boy’s rowboat. There are storms to brave and deep, dark nights.To pass the time, the boy tells the penguin stories. Finally, they arrive.
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Yet instead of being happy, both are sad. That’s when the boy realizes: The penguin hadn’t been lost, it had merely been lonely. A poignant, funny, and child-friendly story about friendship lost . . . and then found again.
Gentle Companionship
A funny, tender journey makes room for loneliness, friendship, and the comfort of being understood.
Come here for
- Warm humor alongside a poignant take on loneliness
- A friendship story with a child-friendly touch
Expect
- A long, difficult journey by rowboat
- Stories shared through storms and dark nights
Where it sits
| Friendship | 87% |
|---|---|
| Penguin Stories | 51% |
| Polar Regions Stories | 21% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Action & Adventure
- Bird Stories
- Friendship
- Authors
- Oliver Jeffers
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- December 29, 2005
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Friendship · Loneliness
- Reading lane
- Action & Adventure