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Tacky in Trouble (Tacky the Penguin)

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A very fun read with your child. Tacky the penguin goes ice surfing and lands in Africa, where he meets an elephant. Tacky and his new friend have a fun filled dinner time adventure while Tacky tries to prove that he is really a penguin and not a bouquet of flowers! My children and I both got a big laugh out of this book!

My kids love the tacky series, it's the kindle versions that suck. Yes, they suck. The images are photocopies of the printed book (small font text and all). Often the images do not even line up with the words. They spent as little time on layout as possible for this version of the book.

There are some tacky kindle books that are good, but this one is not. Buy the printed book instead.

I really like this one.

Tacky, being different from the other penguins, decides to go surfing while they nap. And he ends up in Africa, where he's promptly picked up as an elephant who thinks he's a bouquet! Naturally, his odd behavior saves the day and he ends up home.

What I love about this book is that the other penguins are clearly shown missing him while he's gone, not because he's useful to him (as so often is the storyline), but because he's Tacky.

This book is definitely not as good as the first one, but it is still cute. I love Tacky, and seeing what he was up to was great! A good read for anyone!

We start the day with Goodly, Lovely, Angel Neatly, and Perfect singing "Sunrise on the Iceberg." Of course Tacky is sleeping in. He wakes up with his trade mark "What's Happening?" and slaps everybody on the back.

He still does not do good Penguin activities and gets in the way. It's nap time but not for Tacky. He goes Ice Surfing and a good wind catches his flower shirt like a sail and sends him out to sea.

He eventually shows up on a tropical island and meets the strangest penguins he has ever seen. He also finds the strangest rock. It's warm, squishy and hairy. Hairy? He finds it's fun to bounce on but then notices an eye.

Rocky the elephant wakes up, grabs Tacky, and runs through the jungle declaring she found flowers for her table! She plops him in a large vase and Tacky tries to tell her he is is a bird. She doesn't believe him and says he has to prove it.

Tacky does it in his usual way and eventually works out a trade!

He later jumps a brown iceberg(a tree) and sails back home.

Overall, it's a fun story and the artwork is good! It's a good reader book for those that are starting to read. It's probably longer then a starter book but my girl does try.

As one of the others has mentioned, I think the first one is still her favorite.

My grandson is 4. This and the rest of the Tacky books are his favorites.

I love all the books in the Tacky series. They're so cute and funny and very clever. Would recommend for children (and the adults who read to them) of all ages.