Pudgy Penguins: Worst Birthday Gift Ever
Hardcover – Picture Book, November 4, 2025
Random House Children's Books · Hardcover · November 4, 2025
Meet the Pudgy Penguins!
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- Who it’s for
- Pongo’s birthday gift goes wrong, bringing penguins, jousting, and a friendship-minded repair effort.
- Themes
- Friendship, Birthday mishap, Thoughtfulness toward friends
- Pacing
- Fast
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Meet the Pudgy Penguins! In their first-ever picture book, the instantly iconic characters that became a viral sensation discover that the wrong gift can ruin a birthday—but best friends can make it right! It’s Pongo’s birthday, and the Pudgy Penguins have ordered a very special gift: a pair of balloon swords. But when Pongo opens the box . . . the swords are not made of smushy balloons at all. They are toy swords. With pointy edges.
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And as Pongo gleefully brandishes his new swords all over town, he has no idea it's the wrong gift! Before things go completely off the rails, the other Pudgy Penguins have to work fast to fix the mistake—without hurting Pongo's feelings. And if they don't? Well. This could turn out to be the worst birthday ever! From web phenomenon and global sensation Pudgy Penguins comes a debut picture book featuring their iconic characters and a tale of friendship, penguins, jousting, and what to do when things go very, very wrong.
Pongo’s Birthday Gift
Pongo’s birthday gift goes wrong, bringing penguins, jousting, and a friendship-minded repair effort.
Come here for
- A birthday gift mix-up involving balloon swords and toy swords
- Penguins, jousting, and friends trying to fix a mistake
Expect
- A picture-book tale about a mistaken gift
- Friends working to fix things without hurting Pongo’s feelings
Where it sits
| Birthday Stories | 73% |
|---|---|
| Penguin Stories | 49% |
| Funny Stories | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Penguin Stories
- Birthday Stories
- Media Tie-Ins
- Authors
- Michael Leviton
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Published
- November 4, 2025
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Friendship · Birthday mishap · Thoughtfulness toward friends
- Reading lane
- Penguin Stories