Oliver
Jeffers is an award winning picture book author and illustrator, well known for
his story about a boy and a penguin, Lost and Found.Their friendship is revisited in his new
book, Up and Down, published by Harper Collins.The book also features a CD of the story read by Richard E Grant.
The boy and
the penguin are best friends who spend all their time together.But one day the penguin decides he wants to
fly.His wings don’t work very well so
he tries jumping from a chair, but that doesn’t work either and luckily the boy
is there to cushion his fall.They try
out various ideas but nothing works until the penguin spots an advertisement
looking for a living cannonball.He
wonders off by himself and the boy doesn’t know where his friend has disappeared
to.While the boy searches for the
penguin, the penguin has second thoughts about flying and wonders if his friend
will rescue him…
And of
course he does!The friends head home,
happy to be reunited again.
This is a
lovely book, perfect for sharing with young children.The Pickle is too young to understand the
story properly at the moment, but he loves listening to me read it and enjoys
looking at the beautiful illustrations (he loves penguins!)As he gets older it will be a great book for
teaching him about the importance of friendship (and the fact that penguins
can’t fly!)
