Flora and the Penguin (Flora & Friends) - Hardcover

Idle, Molly

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 145212891X ISBN 13: 9781452128917

Publisher: Chronicle Books, 2014

Synopsis

Having mastered ballet in Flora and the Flamingo, Flora takes to the ice and forms an unexpected friendship with a penguin. Twirling, leaping, spinning, and gliding, on skates and flippers, the duo mirror each other's graceful dance above and below the ice. But when Flora gives the penguin the cold shoulder, the pair must figure out a way to work together for uplifting results. Artist Molly Idle creates an innovative, wordless picture book with clever flaps that reveal Flora and the penguin coming together, spiraling apart, and coming back together as only true friends do.

For more feathery fun, pick up Flora and the Flamingo, Flora and the Peacocks, Flora and Friends Matching Game or, coming soon, Flora and the Chicks.

About this title

About the Author:

Molly Idle began her career as an artist working for DreamWorks Animation, and from there she leapt into the world of children's books. She lives in Tempe, Arizona.

From School Library Journal:

PreS-K—Idle's bold and balletic Flora is back in another wordless adventure, this time infused with icy blue, to skate with a penguin. The simple story is told entirely in pictures—featuring only a few colors on a white background—that are eloquent and irresistible. As in Flora and the Flamingo (Chronicle, 2013), small page flaps advance the story and establish the relationship between the two well-defined characters. There a simple conflict and a satisfying resolution, made more dramatic with a glorious gatefold. Preschoolers will enjoy narrating the action while they flip through the pages of this beautiful book.—Susan Weitz, formerly at Spencer-Van Etten School District, Spencer, NY

About this edition

• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 145212891X
• ISBN 13: 9781452128917
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40