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With bare cupboards and hungry bellies, three cats steal a penguin to catch fish for them. A hilarious sequence of events unfolds as the penguin makes his escape, becoming mistaken for a nun and a waiter before finding his way safely home. Meanwhile, the cats are caught for their crime and are sent to jail - for a lifetime of gruel. Deftly told and beautifully illustrated by new talent Helen Hancocks.
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[A] sprightly author-illustrator debut... Graphic shapes in pencil and bold gouache colors not only make for striking compositions, they suggest humor in the simplest of ways. Clever details abound, like the underground map of the penguin's escape via subway and the animals' image-only dialogue bubbles.The penguin in peril prevails in this fresh and funny English import.
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Hancocks's artwork is first cousin to Maira Kalman's, a series of cheerful gouaches in which grown-up metropolitan civilization is depicted with childlike charm. Cheeky humor crowds the pages; in the restaurant, the penguin joins a procession of formally dressed waiters into the dining room, holding the skeleton of the fish he's just downed like a trophy.
--Publishers Weekly The fun is finding the waddling penguin as he stays one step ahead of the felines, hiding amongst black-and-white nuns, riding the subway, and waiting on tables. ... The mixed- media pictures are delightfully comical but show serious graphic artistry as well. The design, with its panels and spreads, will keep young listeners--and their readers--on their toes.
--Booklist Online The cartoon-style illustrations are bright, cheerful, droll, and perfect for this tale.
--Library Media Connection This wacky tale by Helen Hancocks will keep little ones giggling.
--Parents Magazine
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--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Hancocks's artwork is first cousin to Maira Kalman's, a series of cheerful gouaches in which grown-up metropolitan civilization is depicted with childlike charm. Cheeky humor crowds the pages; in the restaurant, the penguin joins a procession of formally dressed waiters into the dining room, holding the skeleton of the fish he's just downed like a trophy.
--Publishers Weekly The fun is finding the waddling penguin as he stays one step ahead of the felines, hiding amongst black-and-white nuns, riding the subway, and waiting on tables. ... The mixed- media pictures are delightfully comical but show serious graphic artistry as well. The design, with its panels and spreads, will keep young listeners--and their readers--on their toes.
--Booklist Online The cartoon-style illustrations are bright, cheerful, droll, and perfect for this tale.
--Library Media Connection This wacky tale by Helen Hancocks will keep little ones giggling.
--Parents Magazine
Helen Hancocks graduated in 2011 with a first class degree in Illustration with Animation from Manchester School of Art. She uses a mixture of crayon, watercolour, ink and pen, combined digitally. She also works with printmaking images to make one-off images. Her work often features cats. When she is not drawing, she can be found at the cinema, or just watching the world go by. Author/illustrator Helen Hancocks was born and lives in Lincoln, UK.
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- PublisherTemplar Publishing
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1848778376
- ISBN 13 9781848778375
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorHelen Hancocks
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