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* 2015 nominee for the Ladybug Picture Book Award
* Kansas State Reading Circle List PrimaryTitle
* South Carolina Book Award Nominee
* Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee
* Texas 2x2 Reading List
* MSTA Reading Circle List
* Wisconsin State Reading Association's Reading List
* South Dakota Children's Book Award Nominee
* Flicker Tale Children's Book Nominee


펭귄은 비록 새지만 육지를 달리거나 물속을 헤엄칠 수는 있어도 하늘을 날 수는 없지요.
하지만 이 책의 주인공인 펭귄은 너무나도 하늘을 날고 싶어서 새들에게 나는 법을 가르치는 비행학교를 찾아갔어요.
펭귄은 여러주 동안 다른 새들과 함께 열심히 나는 법을 훈련했어요.
그리고 마침내 다른 새들은 하늘을 나는데 성공했지만, 펭귄은 아무리 날개짓을 해도 물 속으로 풍덩!

너무 낙담한 펭귄은 선생님 새들에게 작별을 고하고 집으로 돌아 가려고 해요.
이 모습을 본 선생님들은 펭귄이 하늘을 날 수 있는 좋은 아이디어가 떠올랐어요.
펭귄의 작은 날개에 깃털을 다닥다닥 붙인 후, 날개짓을 해보라고 시켰어요.
파닥파닥... 날개짓을 하자 갑자기 펭귄의 몸이 하늘로 붕 올라갔어요.

펭귄에게 무슨 일이 일어난 걸까요? 펭귄은 역사상 처음으로 하늘을 날 수 있게 된 걸까요? 펭귄이 하늘을 날 수 있도록 도와주는 다른 새들의 노력이 훈훈한 감동을 줍니다.

마지막 페이지에 펭귄이 비행학교로 타조를 데리고 온 장면도 재미있네요.






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Board book: 36 pages
ISBN-10: 1534444815
ISBN-13: 978-1534444812
책 크기: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm



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Book Description
A persevering penguin is determined to fly in this adorably inspiring Classic Board Book from the creator of Red Hat and Red Sled.
Although little Penguin has the soul of an eagle, his body wasn’t built to soar. But Penguin has an irrepressible spirit, and he adamantly follows his dreams to flip, flap, fly! Even if he needs a little help with the technical parts, this penguin is ready to live on the wind.


School Library Journal *Starred Review*
"Little Penguin, who has the self-proclaimed "soul of an eagle," wants to fly. . . . Judge successfully balances the humor in the storytelling, the drawings, and the situations. Rendered in watercolor and pencil and situated on a bright yellow background, the illustrations perfectly fit this delightful and charming book."


Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books *Starred Review*
"Little Penguin believes he was born to fly. . . unfortunately, even after weeks of lessons, he's still a lead balloon when it comes to getting airborne. . . . Judge writes with a simple clarity that avoids any preachiness, and the streamlined emotion will resonate with young listeners. . . . The watercolor and pencil illustrations are warm, robust, and thoughtfully composed. . . . Penguin is a charmingly tubby and stout guy, and the skillful positioning of his red flight goggles visually convey his emotions: when he's happy, the earpieces flip up jauntily, and when he's sad, they dejectedly droop. This could be a useful tool for many kinds of discussions--from the adaptations that some kids need in a classroom, to creative problem solving, to perseverance--or a cheerful addition to a unit or story hour about birds or penguins."


Kirkus Reviews
"A small round penguin with lofty aspirations finds success of a sort in a sweet...appreciation of the resourcefulness of teachers.... Judge's edge-to-edge watercolor-and-pencil art is lively and amusing. Her various sea and shore birds...and their fledglings are just a little scruffy, and they are exaggeratedly, expressively funny in their anthropomorphic roles as teachers and students."


Booklist
"Judge (Bird Talk, 2012) is well known for her lifelike watercolor-and-pencil illustrations of animals of all kinds, and she uses similarly realistic detail when rendering the birds here, though these creatures have charmingly cartoonish personalities befitting the offbeat story. Little ones who struggle to meet their goals will delight in persevering Penguin."


NYTimes Book Review
"Lita Judge's "Flight School" tells ...[a] funny -- and emotionally credible -- story about the power of the imagination.... Judge (of "Red Sled" and "Red Hat") has a delicate touch with expressions.... In the end, the flight he takes is a triumph of the imagination over experience. It makes him happy all the same."


Horn Book Magazine
"Penguin, who has "the soul of an eagle," leaves the South Pole for flight school so he can learn to fly. . . . Judge keeps the primary visual focus on the birds, especially humorous little Penguin--all plump and furry--who may not have a body designed for flight but whose lovable enthusiasm and optimism will resonate with young readers with lofty dreams."


Publishers Weekly
"Some are born to run; little Penguin believes he was "hatched to fly." . . . the action has the tight comic pacing of a classic cartoon, one with heart to match Penguin's own. Judge (Red Hat), working in watercolor and pencil, takes her hero into the sun-bleached sky and into the drink (oops) with aplomb, while her finely delineated feathered cast does its endearing best to ignore the obvious."