Penguin Pete's New Friends [Board book]

Marcus Pfister (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 1 and up

In this second book in the Penguin Pete series, Pete leaves his mother's side to go on a voyage of discovery and makes many new friends along the way.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Marcus Pfister is the author of the phenomenally successful Rainbow Fish series, as well as many other books for children. He has worked as a graphic artist, a sculptor, a painter, and a photographer as well as a children's book creator. Pfister lives with his family in Berne, Switzerland.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 1 and up
  
• Board book: 12 pages
• Publisher: North-South (March 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558586911
• ISBN-13: 978-1558586918
• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 6.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,432,294 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Marcus Pfister has written and illustrated many books for North-South, including the popular Penguin Pete and Hopper series. His books The Rainbow Fish, Rainbow Fish to the Rescue!, and Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale have become international best-sellers.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Totally disagree with one-star reviewer!, May 23, 2011

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Melissa Louckes "Melissa L homeschooling mom" (MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Penguin Pete's new friends (Paperback)

I have this book in front of me and just read through it. It doesn't say that everyone laughed at him AT ALL in this book!! What is says is this:
"Never mind!" said the sea lion laughing. "Everything's hard when you first try it." That's not at ALL the same message as the reviewer claims it is -- that everyone is laughing at him!!

Also, the story line does not jump around -- it follows Penguin Pete as he travels around. And I don't see that the writing is poor, either.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Please avoid the board book edition!, May 16, 2011

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Dr.Snoop "sm_tech" (los angeles, ca USA) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Penguin Pete's New Friends (Paperback)

This review applies to the board book version only. It is 12 pages long and leaves a lot out!

My 2 year old saw this at the library and loving all things to do with the sea we checked it out. Normally anything she loves from the library becomes an Amazon purchase. The story is pretty short for those small attention spans and although Amazon says ages 4-8, I would say this is more 2-4. Towards the end of the story Penguin Pete tries to balance a snowball on his "nose" and fails and "everyone laughs at him" ... not a message I like to see in stories for small children. Up to that point the storyline skips around a little and the writing is poor. We loved other Marcus Pfister books but this one is going back. Even though my little one likes it, Mommy does not.