Lost and Found
Readers rate it 4.1 (11 on Hardcover)
34 pages · Released Dec 29, 2005 · Penguin
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Lost and Found is a beautifully illustrated picture book about a boy who befriends a lost penguin and helps return it to the South Pole, learning about loneliness and friendship in the process. The story celebrates kindness, empathy, and courage, with a touching emotional resolution that teaches children about genuine connection. While there are brief moments of mild peril (storms at sea, dark nights), they're handled gently and never graphic, making this appropriate for most young readers.
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From the illustrator of the #1 smash hit The Day The Crayons Quit comes a humorously warm tale of friendship. Now also an animated TV special! What is a boy to do when a lost penguin shows up at his door? Find out where it comes from, of course, and return it. But the journey to the South Pole is long and difficult in... From the illustrator of the #1 smash hit The Day The Crayons Quit comes a humorously warm tale of friendship. Now also an animated TV special! What is a boy to do when a lost penguin shows up at his door? Find out where it comes from, of course, and return it. But the journey to the South Pole is long and difficult in the boy’s rowboat. There are storms to brave and deep, dark nights.To pass the time, the boy tells the penguin stories. Finally, they arrive. Yet instead of being happy, both are sad. That’s when the boy realizes: The penguin hadn’t been lost, it had merely been lonely. A poignant, funny, and child-friendly story about friendship lost . . . and then found again.
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- Juvenile Fiction
- Fantasy
- Adventure
- Young Adult
- Fiction
- Friendship
- Spanish
- Lost and found possessions
- Voyages and travels
- Penguins
- Children's fiction
- Penguins, fiction
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ISBN 9780399245039 · Penguin