El Pinguino Taky (Tacky the Penguin) [Paperback]

Helen Lester (Author), Lynn Munsinger (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 26, 2001 | Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up

Tacky’s an odd bird, or Penguin rather, who likes to do splashy cannonballs and greet his companions with a loud “What’s happening?” In fact, he’s something of an eccentric, which wouldn’t be a problem if all the other penguins weren’t such . . . conformists.
In their usual zany style, Lester and Munsinger demonstrate the problems and advantages of being an individual. Now in Spanish, Tacky is perfect for children learning Spanish and for Spanish-speaking children.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

PreSchool-Grade 2-Taky the Penguin is noticeably different from his fellow birds. Where they are graceful, elegant, courteous, and adorable, Taky is disheveled, frumpy, clumsy, and exuberant. One would think that this would lead to all sorts of problems, but it doesn't. Instead, while his elegant peers quake behind an ice floe, Tacky exhibits all of his boisterous, strange behavior and scares away some hunters. Sometimes, different is good. First published in English in 1990, this popular character appears in several other Houghton Mifflin titles (e.g., Three Cheers for Taky, 1996, Taky in Trouble, 1998 and most recently Taky and the Emperor, 2000), which have not yet been translated into Spanish. Recommended for public libraries and bookstores. MOB
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About the Author

Lynn Munsinger is the illustrator of many funny and popular books for children, including the stories starring Tacky the Penguin and Wodney Wat. She divides her time between Connecticut and Vermont.

Helen Lester and Lynn Munsinger have been together through thick and thin since first publishing The Wizard, the Fairy, and the Magic Chicken in 1983. They have collaborated on the hilarious Tacky the Penguin series and many other wildly funny and popular titles, including the award-winning Hooway for Wodney Wat. Helen Lester is a full-time writer who makes her home in New York, and Lynn Munsinger is a full-time illustrator living in Vermont.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Sandpiper; None edition (March 26, 2001)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 0618125310
• ISBN-13: 978-0618125319
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 8.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #490,134 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book but beware when ordering larger quantities, April 1, 2010

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This review is from: El Pinguino Taky (Tacky the Penguin) (Paperback)

This is a fun book with a message about acceptance and tolerance. Taky is a strange bird tolerated other penguins. But when Tacky's extravagant ways inspire the other penguins and together they save their community from hunters, the other penguins embrace his differences. Children love and identify with the characters. Adult readers will have endless opportunities to do silly voice of Taky, his penguin friends and the hunters. My only complaint is not about the book, it's about the ordering process. I ordered 24 books for a birthday party to be delivered by Amazon Prime 2 day delivery. The receipt said the books were "In Stock." It took almost 10 days to get the books because they were not all being shipped from the same warehouse. I would have preferred knowing this so I could have pieced together other sources and receive the books more quickly. Next time I will plan ahead knowing that large orders labelled "In Stock" may not necessarily arrive when they say they will.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Be yourself, January 30, 2006

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This review is from: El Pinguino Taky (Tacky the Penguin) (Paperback)

My son is 4. Simple sentences easy to understand. Helps to explain we can be different, have our own personality. No need to always follow everybody's rules. My son loves it and ME TOO !

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars El Pinguino Tacky-Spanish Version of Tacky the Penguin, August 31, 2006

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A. M. Lopez "gaticangela" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This book was suggested to me by my PhD advisor as a good book to use with the Spanish-speaking children in my study about bilingual reading. The book is nicely translated and fun to read. The illustrations caught my kids' attention and the storyline is witty and funny. I am glad to find a good translation of an English-language original book and I'm looking forward to more high quality publications in Spanish like this one.