Monday, April 23, 2012

365 Penguins

We are talking about birds tomorrow in Toddler Time.   There are way too many good books to share but this is one I wish I could share.  It asked the age old question:  What would you do with a penguin?  I am sure this is a question you ask yourself all the time.  But in this book, it gets a bit more complicated.  See, in this book, one penguin is followed by another and another and another....  Who is sending a penguin a day to this family?  Why are they doing it?  These questions are answered by the end (and then there is a surprise at the end too). 

One of the best things about this book is it introduces math in a fun and amusing way.  Like if each penguin eats 2.5 pounds of fish a day and they have 100 penguins (well at that point at least), how many pounds is that?  It is 2.5 x 100 but by the end of the page, it is 2.5 x 101. 

All in all, it is a bright, colorful book with a lot of humor and a whole lot of penguins.  Come and check it out along with all of our other beautiful bird books : )