A Penguin Pup for Pinkerton

by Steven Kellogg

Book Overview

When Emily comes home from school and tells her family what she has learned about penguin parents and their babies, Pinkerton is inspired and starts dreaming of raising a penguin pup of his own. In... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803725361
• ISBN13: 9780803725362
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.8" x 10.8"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

The best of the Pinkerton books

The other Pinkerton books, I'm afraid, don't measure up... I wish they did. The others' story lines are my biggest complaint--but this one is adorable. Regarding book reviews, to borrow (and mangle) a famous line: "Where seldom is heard, an [en]couraging word..." here's one: Come on Mr. Kellogg, you can do it! Give us another Penguin Pup!

Good Dad, Pinkerton! Good Dad!

At my school's recent book fair I fell in love with Steven Kellogg's "A Penguin Pup for Pinkerton." I continued to go to that book's shelf, pick up that book, look through it, laugh, and put it down. Because I was so enthusiastic about the book, I was able to sell several copies. (As librarian, I am in charge of Book Fair.) Normally, I do not care for Kellogg's artwork (I apologize for saying that. Why don't I like it? Because it is so busy and cartoonish.) However, in this book, the artwork is more realistic. And the story, oh my gosh, the story is just nothing short of fabulous! I saw a video some years back on emperor penguins and how the fathers hold those eggs on their feet for the duration of winter, never letting them off, no matter what. I was mesmerized by their dedication! When Pinkerton's girl comes home from school, explaining about emperor penguins, she assumes that Rose,their female cat, harbors a desire to be motherly. Wrong, it is Pinkerton affected by the story. He takes the football he "borrowed" earlier in the day from a neighborhood boy and begins to tend to it on his feet. The girl takes him to school the next day for Show-and-Tell. The football boy claims his football, Pinkerton finds another at a local football game on the way home from school. After mayhem and confusion, Grandmother, an expert seamstress, comes to the rescue with another "egg" that "hatches" a penguin pup. Everyone is happy, especially Pinkerton. A simple summary. What is this? I closed the book and there on the back cover is the girl's teacher, holding an egg on his feet in the classroom. It is cracking.... That Kellogg has a sense of....whatever it is, it is funny, poignant, and downright entertaining! Way to go, Mr. Kellogg, you convinced me! This book is highly recommended!

Great story

My 1st grader came home with this from the library and we all loved it! It's a great story and wonderful illustrations. Kellogg really knows how to make kids laugh, but the adults were also laughing. I've looked for a while to find a reliable children's author who can tell a funny story and I finally found one!