Penguin is back with all his sweetness, looking for love, but this time finds a mitten. While looking for the owner, he meets another penguin, Bootsy and this time they carry on their adventures through helping others by knitting what is needed. (Rather funny to see birds with beak warmers!) When their yarn disappears, they follow the ‘stringy’ trail while meeting all kinds of animals, helping out too! I was a little confused since they lost their yarn, but began knitting again. In the story, they find they’ve lost sight of each other, and the rest of the story is a lovely surprise. Brightly colored pictures in a snow setting is not easy to manage, but Salina Yoon does in quite creative ways. This could be a gift for your Valentine! We typically enjoy Salina Yoon's Penguin books, but this one falls flat for several reasons. First of all, I'm not a huge proponent of romantic love in children's books. I know, I know, this book is called Penguin in Love, and I chose to read it anyway. I'll give you that. But sometimes the theme can be somewhat cute, and as I said before, we've become fans of this particular Penguin, and thus felt it necessary to follow his journey. The bigger problem with this story is that it's overly complicated. If Penguin had found the mitten and simply followed the yarn to Bootsy, okay. Yoon throws in some odd matchmaking puffin lovebirds, though, and muddles things. The kids and I had a hard time finding much meaning or enjoyment in this Penguin tale, but the illustrations are just as adorable as always (except maybe the image of a whale wearing a sweater...just a little weird for me).
What do You think about Penguin In Love (2013)?
This would be a fun book to use around valentines day
—normal
Absolute MUST for knitting parents. So charming.
—oudude03
