My Penguin Osbert in Love

 

Summary:

My Penguin Osbert in Love by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel is about Osbert the penguin escaping from the zoo, and he and his friends want to travel to Antarctica for once-in-a-century spectacle: the southern lights. Joe has a helicopter, for everyone knows that penguins can't fly. When they land at the South Pole and pile out to watch the skies,  Osbert is more interested someone else.

 Genre Evaluation:

 This book is a picture book that tells the story through its pictures. The illustrator does a great job of portraying what the author is saying through the art.

Classroom Activities:

1. Do an art project with a heart. Allow the students to draw what they think that the southern lights would look like onto the heart.

 

2. Create a seek and find with keywords from the book.

Read & Response Questions:

1. If you had a helicopter, where would you fly to? Why?

2. Why was it so important for Osbert to get to the South Pole?

Personal Comments:

I really enjoyed this book. I thought that it was ironic that a young boy had a helicopter and knew how to fly it all the way to the south pole. It was a cute and entertaining story that  I would recommend to anyone.

About the Author:

Elizabeth Kimmel Willard, the pen name for Elizabeth Cody Kimmel, is a lifetime Little House enthusiast. She is the author of many books for children, including the Lily B. series. She lives in Cold Spring, New York, with her husband and their daughter. (No photo found)

 References:

 

Galda, L., Cullinan, B. E., & Sipe, L. R. (2010). Literature and the child (7th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworths, Inc.

Kimmel, E.C. (2009). My penguin Osbert in love. Somerville, Massachusettes: Candlewick Press.