Five Little Penguins
Candlewick Press · Print & ebook · October 7, 2025
A Picture Books pick for readers exploring Five Little Penguins.
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- Who it’s for
- Follow Mama Penguin and her chicks through snowy scenes, lifting flaps to find the missing penguins.
- Themes
- Winter animal adventure, Mother penguin and her chicks
- Genres
- Penguin Stories, Counting & Numbers, Nursery Rhymes
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A lift-the-flap interactive story—now in board! Five little penguins went out one day, over the hills and far away . . . Mama Penguin said, “Hurry back to me!” Now how many penguins can you see? Join five adorable penguins on a lift-the-flap walk through a winter wonderland. There’s so much to see as Mama Penguin and her chicks waddle through a frosty forest, skate down an icy river, and sled down snowy slopes.
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Along the way, they meet all kinds of animals playing in the snow. But wait—the chicks are disappearing one by one. Whatever could they be up to? Lift the flaps to find the missing penguins and discover a fantastic surprise ending.
Penguins in Snow
Follow Mama Penguin and her chicks through snowy scenes, lifting flaps to find the missing penguins.
Come here for
- Lift-the-flap searches for missing penguin chicks
- A frosty forest, icy river, and snowy slopes
Expect
- Penguins meeting animals playing in the snow
- A surprise ending
Where it sits
| Counting & Numbers | 71% |
|---|---|
| Nursery Rhymes | 58% |
| Penguin Stories | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Penguin Stories
- Interactive Adventures
- Nursery Rhymes
- Authors
- Lily Murray
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Published
- October 7, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Winter animal adventure · Mother penguin and her chicks
- Reading lane
- Penguin Stories