I Am Not a Penguin: A Pangolin's Lament
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
This hilarious story of a pangolin with an identity crisis will be loved by fans of Penguin Problems and Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great.
Poor pangolin--he's trying to explain who he is, but all the other animals keep getting confused.
You have scales--like a snake? A long tongue--like a frog? A strong scent--like a skunk? You can roll in a ball--like an armadillo? And a name that sounds a lot like...penguin? We love penguins!
"No, no, no! I am not a penguin! There are no penguins here!"
But then, just when it couldn't get worse, a penguin arrives!!
What's a poor pangolin got to do to be understood?!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A pangolin is convinced that a "fun facts" presentation will clarify some things about it for its fellow animals. The inattentive audience ("Did somebody say penguins'?"), however, would rather associate the mammal with its component parts: if it has scales, it must be a snake; if it spews a stinky liquid when frightened, it must be a skunk ("Skunks are very cute and extremely popular, I'll have you know," a skunk adds). Worst of all, the animals are sorely disappointed when they learn that Pangolin is not a penguin. And when a real penguin walks through so cool that it's wearing shades and toting a surfboard everyone quickly follows. Everyone, that is, except for a child who looks a lot like the author and happily soaks up everything Pangolin tells her. Maybe having niche appeal isn't so bad after all. Wong's (The Goose Egg) gouache-colored line drawings are stripped down almost to a fault, but her dialogue-balloon text feels as if it was freshly and astutely overheard: "I'M FREAKING OUT! I'M TOTALLY FREAKING OUT!" says a pig, spotting the surfer penguin. Ages 5 8.
