Name: Lost and Found
ISBN: 9780399245039

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Gentle Companionship

A funny, tender journey makes room for loneliness, friendship, and the comfort of being understood.

Come here for

Warm humor alongside a poignant take on loneliness
A friendship story with a child-friendly touch

Expect

A long, difficult journey by rowboat
Stories shared through storms and dark nights

Book Details

Authors: Oliver Jeffers
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: December 29, 2005
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Penguin Stories · Polar Regions Stories
Reading lane: Penguin Stories

Affinity

Publisher Categories

Action & Adventure
Bird Stories
Friendship

About This Book

From the illustrator of the #1 smash hit The Day The Crayons Quit comes a humorously warm tale of friendship. Now also an animated TV special! What is a boy to do when a lost penguin shows up at his door? Find out where it comes from, of course, and return it. But the journey to the South Pole is long and difficult in the boy’s rowboat. There are storms to brave and deep, dark nights.To pass the time, the boy tells the penguin stories. Finally, they arrive. Yet instead of be...

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From the illustrator of the #1 smash hit The Day The Crayons Quit comes a humorously warm tale of friendship. Now also an animated TV special! What is a boy to do when a lost penguin shows up at his door? Find out where it comes from, of course, and return it. But the journey to the South Pole is long and difficult in the boy’s rowboat. There are storms to brave and deep, dark nights.To pass the time, the boy tells the penguin stories. Finally, they arrive. Yet instead of being happy, both are sad. That’s when the boy realizes: The penguin hadn’t been lost, it had merely been lonely. A poignant, funny, and child-friendly story about friendship lost . . . and then found again.