Endpapers: N/A - HUGE BOOK
2006 Harry N. Abrams, translated from French
44 huge, thick pages
Illustrations in Black, white, blue, and orange
Goodreads rating: 4.11 - 914 ratings
My rating: 5!
1st line/s: "On New Year's Day, at nine o'clock in the morning, a delivery man rang our doorbell."
My comments: Loved this book. But, it's HUGE. Not sure how I'm going to read it aloud! One penguin arrives each and every day for 365 straight days. Lots of arithmetic and a few vocabulary words for younger readers (anonymous, three-digit-number, ecologist), one page where you hunt among the penguins for the only one with blue feet, and even a great poem:
Penguins, penguins everywhere,
Black and white and in my hair,
Two or three would be quite nice,
But hundreds more, let's think twice!
Bathroom, bedroom, closet, kitchen --
I've had enough, it's time to ditch 'em!
Goodreads: From the amazing success of the documentary March of the Penguins to the popular penguins in Madagascar to this fall’s upcoming penguin-themed movie Happy Feet, penguins are everywhere! That’s especially true for the family in 365 Penguins, who find a penguin mysteriously delivered to their door every day for a year. At first they’re cute, but with every passing day, the penguins pile up—along with the family’s problems. Feeding, cleaning, and housing the penguins becomes a monumental task. They’re noisy and smelly, and they always hog the bathroom! And who on earth is sending these kwaking critters? In a large format, and with lots of opportunity for counting, 365 Penguins is sure to become a perennial wintertime favorite.
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