Blown Away (Read Aloud by Paul Panting)
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4.5 • 2 Ratings
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- £3.99
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- £3.99
Publisher Description
This is a read-along edition with audio synced to the text.
Meet a fearless blue penguin on an unexpected journey, from the bestselling Rob Biddulph, creator of the internet sensation #DrawWithRob!
Meet Penguin Blue, in this Waterstones Children’s Book Prize winning tale, read by the incredible Paul Panting!
It’s a windy day, and he has a brand-new kite – but where’s he going on this maiden flight?
Penguin Blue and his friends go on a gloriously illustrated adventure full of good ideas, homesickness and the perils of kites, from the bestselling and multi-award-winnning Rob Biddulph, creator of the internet phenomenon Draw With Rob. As seen on YouTube, FaceBook, Instagram, CBeebies and TV news everywhere!
Reviews
Praise for Blown Away:
‘Best children’s book of the year.’ Observer
‘[A] gem of a book … Beautifully illustrated and wittily written.’ Standard
‘This book is capital B Brilliant.’ The Bookbag
‘Told in captivating rhyme, with plenty of jokes sprinkled through the text and illustrations, Biddulph’s tale is a travelling adventure.’ Time Out
About the author
Rob loves to make up silly stories for his three daughters, and draws pictures to go with them.
He lives and works in London, Blown Away is his first book, and is the winner of the best illustrated and overall Waterstones Children’s Book Prize for 2015! You can visit Rob and Penguin Blue at www.robbiddulph.com.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Crisp, formal, and understated, newcomer Biddulph's images give evidence of his training as a graphic designer (as well as his sense of humor). He begins with a simple idea a kite that carries its owner into the sky and develops it with tongue-in-cheek charm. Penguin Blue, the kite-flier, is a fireplug of a creature whose Prussian blue head and back contrast handsomely with the glow of sunset yellow on his white chest. As it flies, the kite gathers ever more improbable cargo, hooking a seal named Wilbur, Wilbur's laundry, and a polar bear rowing an inflatable boat. They land on a jungle island, which Biddulph, as scrupulous about rhyme and meter as he is about layout, describes as "lush and green/ (a color that they've never seen)./ The trees look soft. We'll be all right./ Hello, jungle! Good-bye, kite!' " Their idea for getting off the island is as inventive as the mishap that got them there. With the book's gentle ending and the kind of narrative voice that gives readers the sense that everything's well in hand, children will demand repeat reads. Ages 4 8.
