365 Penguins
On the first day of the new year, the mailman brings a surprise?a penguin! One by one, day by day, penguins fill the house. At first they are cute, but with every passing day, the penguins pile up?along with the family?s problems. Feeding, cleaning, and housing the penguins becomes a monumental task! But who is sending these penguins, and why?
In a large format, and with lots of opportunity for counting, 365 Penguins is sure to become a wintertime staple.
365 Penguins Accessories
 Not a Box
Flotsam (Caldecott Medal Book)
The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School (Paula Wiseman Books)
Great Estimations
Flamingos on the Roof
Zoo - ology
A Collection of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
Gone Wild (Caldecott Honor Book)
Adele & Simon
What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? (Caldecott Honor Book)
365 Penguins Reviews
I think you could extend the ages on this book up to 9 or 10 because of some of the math concepts. Well it's strange, but on day two when another arrives, it's a little silly. He likes to look for Chilly in the pictures, he likes to come up with names for the penguins, and he likes to count them and add them up. We also have talked about what would be fun to get every day of the year. The Uncle gives you an ecology lesson and takes all but one penguin when he goes, and life returns to normal, but on January 1 a new surpise is waiting at the door. By December 31 the "mysterious" sender of Penguins arrives and is relieved to see that they all arrived safely, including Chilly the blue footed penguin.
The book is oversized 16 x 12, and the artwork is fun in retro blue, orange, black and white. But by day 7 the family recieving the penguins is getting a little frantic. This book definately sparks an interest in math, but it also lights up the imagination. Math is everywhere, but so are the silly penguins doing goofy things. How will they name them, how will they keep them (stack them, sort them, house them), how will they feed them and how much will it cost. My son and I like our books with birds and this book is helping him to gain a little more confidence with numbers, and he sees now that numbers are every where. On New years day a penguin arrives with a note - I am number one, please feed me.
My son thinks its a riot, he's 7. So by the end of February how many penguins do they have. By the end of the first month you have how many penguins. And February only has how many days. It's fun, I was blown away with how much he likes this book.
I like to count the penguins, I like to name them. I read this book with my Papa and we laugh about how 365 penguins must smell, and we make up silly names. I take this book with me everywhere. I'm not that good at math, but maybe if my teacher got some penguins in our classroom we would all be real smart. I only have 7 penguins and they aren't real.
I bought this for someone who loves penguins. We read it on Christmas morning and threw it away. Nice story until they force their message across about the global warming, which is a total misconception. Not even garage sale material. This is a typical "here's a cute book about penguins, but first we want to slam our agenda down your throat.".
It is a huge, oversized book that is great as a gift. Clever plot and fun pictures make this a great kids book.
She is in love with Penguins right now and is very into math. She even got another copy to donate to her classroom at school and all the other kids love it too. Great find and a huge hit. In a pile of dress up clothes, games, art supplies and toys - this is the gift that she sat down and absorbed from cover to cover. I purchased this book for my 8 year old niece. It came up as an also see recommendation when I searched Amazon for Penguin items looking for a birthday gift for her.
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