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PENGUINPIG
PENGUINPIG is a picture-book story about a little girl who reads of an exciting creature known as a penguinpig on the Internet. Filled with delight and intrigue, she decides that she must go and find one.
However, her parents are far too busy to take her and so she decides that she will sneak out and find the adorable penguinpig all on her own. Carefully, she follows the instructions from the website - but does she find her delightful penguinpig?
However, her parents are far too busy to take her and so she decides that she will sneak out and find the adorable penguinpig all on her own. Carefully, she follows the instructions from the website - but does she find her delightful penguinpig?
24 pages, Paperback
First published July 30, 2014
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About the author
Stuart Spendlow
5 books3 followersStuart Spendlow is a primary school teacher and author based in Lincolnshire, UK. His publications to date are:
PENGUINPIG (Paperback) - http://www.penguinpig.co.uk
PENGUINPIG (Apple iBook) - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/peng...
The Art Of Being A Brilliant Primary Teacher:
http://www.crownhouse.co.uk/publicati...
PENGUINPIG (Paperback) - http://www.penguinpig.co.uk
PENGUINPIG (Apple iBook) - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/peng...
The Art Of Being A Brilliant Primary Teacher:
http://www.crownhouse.co.uk/publicati...
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March 22, 2021
I was lucky enough to win a signed copy of this book in a Goodreads giveaway. It's a gorgeous little picture book with a target age of around 5-7. As my reluctant reader son is just 9 I figured it might be a little young for him, but he enjoyed it nevertheless and sat and read it very happily, giggling away to himself. He enjoyed the rhymes and said it was very funny and the pictures were really good.
The whole story is written in rhyming couplets, which will make for a wonderful out-loud story time for little ones, and the illustrations are second to none. Bright and bold, they really bring the story to life as we follow a little girl who discovers a penguinpig on the internet and sets off to the zoo on her own to find it. Her parents are simply too busy to help her, and I did have to have a secret (but guilty) chuckle at the following lines:
"Mum!" I shouted, "Dad!" I cried,
"You've got to see this site!"
"We're very busy, darling,
We'll look tomorrow night."
Ahem.
It's great to see a book with such a strong message about modern technology (don't believe everything you see on the internet!) aimed at young kids. I think this book is going to be suitable to be read to pre-school children too - younger and younger children have access to the internet now with the advent of iPads and 3G phones, and I think starting internet education early is going to be key to keeping them safe as they get older.
Huge congratulations to Stuart Spendlow and Amy Bradley for producing a really wonderful, funny and positive book. I highly recommend this for anyone with young kids with internet access, but also for libraries, schools and pre-schools too. 5 stars.
The whole story is written in rhyming couplets, which will make for a wonderful out-loud story time for little ones, and the illustrations are second to none. Bright and bold, they really bring the story to life as we follow a little girl who discovers a penguinpig on the internet and sets off to the zoo on her own to find it. Her parents are simply too busy to help her, and I did have to have a secret (but guilty) chuckle at the following lines:
"Mum!" I shouted, "Dad!" I cried,
"You've got to see this site!"
"We're very busy, darling,
We'll look tomorrow night."
Ahem.
It's great to see a book with such a strong message about modern technology (don't believe everything you see on the internet!) aimed at young kids. I think this book is going to be suitable to be read to pre-school children too - younger and younger children have access to the internet now with the advent of iPads and 3G phones, and I think starting internet education early is going to be key to keeping them safe as they get older.
Huge congratulations to Stuart Spendlow and Amy Bradley for producing a really wonderful, funny and positive book. I highly recommend this for anyone with young kids with internet access, but also for libraries, schools and pre-schools too. 5 stars.
February 2, 2018
Recommended reading for parents with small children as well as for the children themselves.
April 12, 2015
This is a lovely story picture book.
its about a little girl who is using the Internet unsupervised and discovers an advert for a wonderous animal - penguinpig. She tried to show it to her parents but they were too busy to have a look. In the end she does something she shouldn't, she lies to her parents and goes in search for the penguinpig.
This is a great book for teaching students about Internet safety. I read this to my year 3 class for world book day and they loved it: it has a lot of rhyme and the children enjoyed trying to predict the how the story would end. My year 3 all recommended this book and most importantly they know that they should always tell an adult whe they see something unbelievable on the Internet. .
its about a little girl who is using the Internet unsupervised and discovers an advert for a wonderous animal - penguinpig. She tried to show it to her parents but they were too busy to have a look. In the end she does something she shouldn't, she lies to her parents and goes in search for the penguinpig.
This is a great book for teaching students about Internet safety. I read this to my year 3 class for world book day and they loved it: it has a lot of rhyme and the children enjoyed trying to predict the how the story would end. My year 3 all recommended this book and most importantly they know that they should always tell an adult whe they see something unbelievable on the Internet. .
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