- Hardcover: 40 pages
- Publisher: Walker Books Ltd; First Edition edition (1 Nov 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0744585716
- ISBN-13: 978-0744585711
- Product Dimensions: 29.2 x 25 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,180,560 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Wonderful to read aloud to your youngsters." Best magazine
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When Joe asks Santa for a real live penguin, he gets Osbert and a whole lot more than he bargained for - including creamed herring with seaweed jam for breakfast and cold baths!
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My grandaughter loves penguins, looked on amazon and saw Osbert and he looked so cute and cuddly and had to buy him for her. Delivery was within two days and when he came I loved him straight away and my three yr old grandaughter will not sleep without him. Would recommend. Price was good too.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Wow!
4 Nov 2004
Format:Hardcover
There is so much to say about this book. The illustrations are absolutely beautiful--rich and vibrant, in the perfect shades--and the story is simple and complex at the same time. There are so many lessons here, like: you should word requests carefully so that you get exactly what you want; sometimes even when you get what you want it isn't quite what you expected; if you love someone, you should worry about his/her needs and desires as well as your own; taking care of someone else is a big responsibility. The whimsical details of a penguin's life with a boy all lend themselves to teaching these lessons. This is probably a great book for a kid who asks Santa for a pet every year, and it's also really entertaining for adults. The author could have made the story excessively sappy, but instead she gave it just the right amount of emotion--it's beautiful.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Don't want to miss this one!!!
8 Dec 2004
Format:Hardcover
Here is a children's book that should be on every bookshelf!! Elizabeth Cody Kimmel tells the most charming story that incorporates a wonderful message that every child should learn! Not only is the story superb, but H.B. Lewis has done the most vivid, colorful and amazing illustrations! I could stare at them all day!
Thanks to Elizabeth & H.B.!!!!!
Thanks to Elizabeth & H.B.!!!!!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Double Wow
2 Dec 2004
Format:Hardcover
It is such a treat to find a children's book that combines beautiful illustrations with a truly terrific text. I am in awe of the Author's creativity and fresh perspective on story telling.My four year old loves this story TOO. This should become a classic/
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