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PreS-Gr 2 Once there was a boy who found a penguin at his door. - From this opening line to the very end, this gentle story of friendship will capture young readers' imaginations. The child assumes that the penguin is lost, which is logical since the lumpy black-and-white bird does look awfully forlorn. Determined to help the creature find its way home, he discovers that penguins come from th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

A boy finds a penguin at his door, decides it's lost, and sets off in a rowboat to return it to the South Pole. Once there, however, the boy realizes his mistake: "The penguin hadn't been lost. It had just been lonely." Jeffers's simply told story nicely counterpoints his engagi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More