When Ben rips open his present, he finds a penguin inside. “Hello, Penguin!” he says. “What shall we play?” But Penguin says nothing. Even when Ben tickles its belly, sings a funny song, does a dizzy dance, stands on his head, sticks out his tongue, and resorts to increasingly rude and drastic measures, Penguin makes no response. What will it take for Penguin to say something — or for Ben to understand what Penguin has to say?

Related: England (UK), Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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• ISBN: 9780763634049
• Author: Dunbar, Polly
• Illustrator: Dunbar, Polly
• Published: 2007, Candlewick
• Themes: Difference, Friendship, penguin, relationship, toy
• Descriptors: England (UK), Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)
• No. of pages: 40