The Penguin Who Wanted To Sparkle

"How can Pip the baby penguin make herself as sparkly as the stars and the snowflakes?"--Page 4 of cover

'Down on the ice, where the penguins parade, and the albatross rides on the finest wings made, that's where the penguin who wanted to fly began an impossible quest for the sky! Always he tried and he never stopped trying! Nor would he ever, until he was flying!' Ben Brown and Helen Taylor are the author and illustrator of A Booming in the Night, winner of the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards, Best Picture Book 2006. Here they tell the story of a penguin who refuses to give up in his quest for flight - 'We penguins are birds, we belong in the sky!'

A gorgeously illustrated and sweet picture book about a little penguin's determination to fly--perfect for bedtime or any time! Flip-Flop the penguin wants nothing more than to be able to fly. He makes himself wings, but they don't help. Neither do his helicopter cap, snow airplane, or balloon. When his pal Polar Bear pushes him down their favorite slide, Flip-Flop unexpectedly lands in the sea. Suddenly he finds he can do something that's a lot like flying--he can swim, and beautifully too!

Otto is a penguin chick, that much he knows, but other than this he has a lot to learn. Life at the bottom of the world is a curious thing and life can change at a moment's notice. The next blizzard, the next meal and the threat of being orphaned are all challenges that must be faced. But how will Otto and his friends manage?

A penguin who wanted to fly through the air learns to enjoy flying through the sea. Suggested level: preschool, junior.

Dorothy Penguin wants to be different from the rest of the penguins in her village so she sets off on a fantastic quest to find the one person who can make her different--the most magical man in the world--Santa Claus. Original.

After twelve-year-old aspiring superstar, Sparkle Moore, is diagnosed with alopecia, she must navigate family, friends, and her own self-esteem with the added challenge of losing her hair. Perfect for fans of Stand Up, Yumi Chung! and From the Desk of Zoe Washington. Sparkle Moore is destined to be a star. Her mother is determined to turn her and her younger sister, Nova, into social media influencers and budding superstars. And after her dad has lost work as a sitcom actor, Sparkle wants to do whatever she can to help her family financially, too. But at the onset of middle school, Sparkle begins losing her hair—first her lashes, then her eyebrows, and then small circular bald spots appear in various sections on her head. It’s hard enough having to go to school and hide her diagnosis from her friends—all while they’re trying out for big roles in the school play—but Sparkle quickly has to deal with weird medications, itchy wigs, and lost opportunities her mom has wrangled, including a big shampoo commercial. Despite everything she might do to hide what’s happening, and all her work keeping her friends together, when Sparkle’s secrets start coming to the surface—Sparkle has to come to terms with the changes in her life and show her classmates and her family what she can do with or without hair.