Lost and Found
By Oliver Jeffers; Oliver Jeffers (Illustrator)
(Philomel, Hardcover, 9780399245039, 32pp.)
Publication Date: December 29, 2005
Categories: Animals - Birds, Social Issues - Emotions & Feelings
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What is a boy to do when a lost penguin shows up at his door? Find out where it comes from, of course, and return it. But the journey to the South Pole is long and difficult in the boy’s rowboat. There are storms to brave and deep, dark nights.To pass the time, the boy tells the penguin stories. Finally, they arrive. Yet instead of being happy, both are sad. That’s when the boy realizes: The penguin hadn’t been lost, it had merely been lonely!
"Youngsters will cheer the pals'' inevitable reunion and will…request an immediate rereading of this gently humorous and heartwarming tale of friendship found, lost and regained." —Publishers Weekly, starred review

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