The King Penguin
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
King Penguin is off to find subjects who will listen to him—as long as they don’t eat him first, in this cheeky tale by beloved author-illustrator Vanessa Roeder
Percival the King Penguin doesn’t think he’s asking for too much when he makes all the rules—he is a king after all. But he’s tired of the other penguins protesting, so he’s off to find subjects who are more obedient and supportive.
But it won't be the seals.
Or the whales.
And definitely not the rude sardines.
As Percival gets chased away by every new group of potential subjects, he’ll have to learn how to put his best flipper forward and live in a community, not a kingdom.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this comedic picture book, Roeder imagines a king penguin lording over penguin peers, based strictly on his royal appellation. Sporting a curled wig, scarlet robe, and gold crown, self-absorbed king penguin Percival soon offends chinstrap, macaroni, and rockhopper penguins with entitled conduct: pilfering others' fish ("Taxes"), and appointing a snowperson as royal advisor. Cast off from the colony, Percival attempts to rule seals ("My slippery subjects!") and other Antarctic critters who inevitably "tried to eat him." Following a run-in with an emperor penguin, he waddles home to reconcile, slowly learning diplomacy. Never mind that penguin species live in distinct colonies—Roeder's goofy acrylic and colored pencil romp doesn't take species too seriously ("So if I'm a macaroni penguin does that make me pasta?" considers one bird. "I think I'm pasta"). Ages 3–5.
