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Have you ever thought:I have so many problems and nobody even cares?Well, penguins have problems too! Discover them in this hilarious collaboration from Jory John (All my friends are dead. and Quit Calling Me a Monster!) and Lane Smith (The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales).
This penguin has come to tell you that life in Antarctica is no paradise. For starters, it is FREEZING. Also, penguins have a ton of natural predators. Plus, can you imagine trying to find your mom in a big ol’ crowd of identical penguins? No, thank you.
It seems there is no escaping the drudgery of your daily grind, whatever it might be. Or perhaps we’ve just learned that grumps are everywhere. . . .
This book is sure to tickle kids’ funny bones and will elicit appreciative sighs from the adults reading it aloud.
We are all Mortimer [the main character inPenguin Problems]. —The New York Times
“Bursting with humor.” —Kirkus Reviews
“The snark level is cranked up high.” —The Horn Book, Starred
“Will be right at home with fans of Jon Klassen’sThis Is Not My Hat.” —Booklist
“Classic comedy.” —Publishers Weekly
“Rib-tickling.” —School Library Journal Well-paced, bursting with humor, and charmingly misanthropic. —Kirkus Reviewsstarred review
The temperature may be below freezing, but the snark level is cranked up high
in this collaboration between funnymen John and Smith. —Horn Bookstarred reviewJORY JOHN is the author of the picture booksI Will Chomp You!,Quit Calling Me a Monster!, and the E. B. White Read-Aloud Honor BookGoodnight Already! He is the coauthor of theNew York Times
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