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Space Penguins
Star Attack!
When a stricken spacecraft sends out a distress call, the penguins die to the rescue beak-first -- straight into the jaws of a mysterious space station and some rather fishy business.
- GenresScience FictionHumor
110 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2013
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February 6, 2022
The SPACE PENGUINS meet up with 1 of their escaped team members[how has became evil and changed his name to Beaky wader]Will they escape or be turned into Beaky'pet robot whale's dinner?
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February 7, 2017
I enjoyed the puns and the obvious satire of both Star Wars and Star Trek--at first. The narrative started out as funny and entertaining but I got bored with it overall. I could see it appealing to members of the target age group, but I don't think it's necessarily something that will have a wide range, regardless of the penguins.
For: fans of penguins or sci-fi; fans of satire.
Possible red flags: peril.
For: fans of penguins or sci-fi; fans of satire.
Possible red flags: peril.
December 15, 2021
I mostly enjoyed this but I couldn't work out who it was for.
The puns mostly hit. The story is reasonably easy to follow. The language seems to more advanced than the target audience would be expected to have or the target audience is older than the book seems to be aimed at.
I probably would recommend this could be read by an average 11 year old but even they might need help. It probably isn't for anyone younger than that without a lot of help.
The puns mostly hit. The story is reasonably easy to follow. The language seems to more advanced than the target audience would be expected to have or the target audience is older than the book seems to be aimed at.
I probably would recommend this could be read by an average 11 year old but even they might need help. It probably isn't for anyone younger than that without a lot of help.
September 27, 2020
Bought this for my penguin obsessed grand son, he loved it!
December 7, 2022
YouTube channel and it has been a long time since I was a 🚼😴:O
February 16, 2014
The Space Penguins aboard the Tunafish receive a distress call from a pizza delivery craft and zoom to the rescue. When they arrive at the coordinates of the distress signal there's no sign of any pizza, but there is a gigantic starfish space station. They soon find themselves sucked into the Death Star space station by tractor beam and in the evil clutches of their arch-nemesis Beaky Wader who's had some cybernetic improvements and now wants to be called Dark Wader. Dark Wader invites the penguins to join him, but the penguins wouldn't dream of going over to the dark side (even though the dark side does seem to have some super fun ice slides). Thanks to some quick thinking and teamwork, the crew of the Tunafish is able to evade Wader's evil plan and save the day.
Loaded with fishy smells and obvious Star Wars puns, this is aimed at the lower-middle elementary crowd. The plot is simple, but not quite entirely predictable. The concept of a group of penguins as a space crew has obviously been done before (3-2-1 Penguins) but this manages to not feel like a rip-off of that series (the penguins do bear some resemblance to certain black and white feathered animated stars from Madagascar though...). This does offer a nice sci-fi/humor option for the 2-4th grade reading crowd, that should appeal to both boys and girls and that's something to applaud (not many series fit that bill). If you're looking for a fun, clean adventure series for a 2nd-4th grade reader, this would be a good option.
Notes on content: No language issues. No sexual content. The only battles involved the throwing of seafood and explosions of robots.
Loaded with fishy smells and obvious Star Wars puns, this is aimed at the lower-middle elementary crowd. The plot is simple, but not quite entirely predictable. The concept of a group of penguins as a space crew has obviously been done before (3-2-1 Penguins) but this manages to not feel like a rip-off of that series (the penguins do bear some resemblance to certain black and white feathered animated stars from Madagascar though...). This does offer a nice sci-fi/humor option for the 2-4th grade reading crowd, that should appeal to both boys and girls and that's something to applaud (not many series fit that bill). If you're looking for a fun, clean adventure series for a 2nd-4th grade reader, this would be a good option.
Notes on content: No language issues. No sexual content. The only battles involved the throwing of seafood and explosions of robots.
May 22, 2016
What I liked:
-Penguin puns (leopard seal villain robots & fishy names like Dark Wader and Captain Krill!)
-Sci-fi series for younger readers; much needed!
-The illustrations are pretty cute.
-Penguins in space... I mean, come on. Adorable.
What I didn't enjoy:
-This is marketed for 2nd/3rd grade readers and it turns out the reading level for books in the series range between 4.4 and 4.8. That is tremendously higher than a second grade reading level!
-The storyline was a bit confusing because of the puns. While I (as an adult) chuckled, they might throw off readers and cause them to become confused.
-General vocabulary was MAJORLY tough. "Fuselage" is used multiple times right away... seriously? I know there is a vocab guide in the back of the book by then it's a bit too later for the reader to have known what was going on when those words were used in the story.
Overall, this series won't be purchased for my 2nd and 3rd graders because I don't know that many of them will successfully make it through the stories. 2.5 stars.
-Penguin puns (leopard seal villain robots & fishy names like Dark Wader and Captain Krill!)
-Sci-fi series for younger readers; much needed!
-The illustrations are pretty cute.
-Penguins in space... I mean, come on. Adorable.
What I didn't enjoy:
-This is marketed for 2nd/3rd grade readers and it turns out the reading level for books in the series range between 4.4 and 4.8. That is tremendously higher than a second grade reading level!
-The storyline was a bit confusing because of the puns. While I (as an adult) chuckled, they might throw off readers and cause them to become confused.
-General vocabulary was MAJORLY tough. "Fuselage" is used multiple times right away... seriously? I know there is a vocab guide in the back of the book by then it's a bit too later for the reader to have known what was going on when those words were used in the story.
Overall, this series won't be purchased for my 2nd and 3rd graders because I don't know that many of them will successfully make it through the stories. 2.5 stars.
July 7, 2013
Unfortunately, it wasn't as fantastic as I expected. But still, a very fun little read full of puns and fishy happenings!
June 4, 2016
Too many puns for me...the whole book was like a challenge to see how many weird things they could switch from Star Wars to penguins. Ugh.
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