Flight School [Hardcover]

A persevering penguin is determined to fly in this adorably inspiring picture book from the creator ofRed HatandRed 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.Lita Judge is the award-winning author and illustrator of many children’s books, includingWhen You Need Wings; Flight School; Penguin Flies Home; Red Sled; Red Hat; Good Morning to Me!; Born in the Wild; and her illustrated young adult novel, Mary’s Monster. She lives with her husband, two cats, and a parrot in New Hampshire. You can visit her online at LitaJudge.com.A persevering penguin is determined to fly in this adorably inspiring series from the creator of Red Hat and Red Sled. 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. 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. * Little Penguin, who has the self-proclaimed soul of an eagle, wants to fly. . . . Judge successfully balances the humor in the storytelling, the drl8