Flora and the Penguin

By Molly Idle

From a Caldecott Honor winner—Learn about teamwork and friendship when Flora laces up her skates and hits the ice with her new penguin pal.

Having mastered ballet in Flora and the Flamingo, Flora takes to the ice and forms an unexpected friendship with a penguin. Twirling, leaping, spinning, and gliding, on skates and flippers, the duo mirror each other’s graceful dance above and below the ice. But when Flora gives the penguin the cold shoulder, the pair must figure out a way to work together for uplifting results.

Artist Molly Idle creates an innovative, wordless picture book with clever flaps that reveal Flora and the penguin coming together, spiraling apart, and coming back together as only true friends do. Plus, this is a fixed-format version of the book, which looks nearly identical to the print version.

Praise for Flora and the Penguin 

“Every bit as graceful a performance for both Flora and her creator. . . . Once again, Idle’s elegantly drafted scenes couldn’t be more polished . . . A real triumph.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Funny and charming—a winning, worthy follow-up.” —Kirkus Reviews

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Nov 4, 2014
• ISBN: 9781452132181

Molly Idle

Molly Idle began her career as an artist working for DreamWorks Feature Animation, and from there she leapt into the world of children's books. She is the author of the Caldecott Honor–winning Flora and the Flamingo, as well as its companion, Flora and the Penguin, among other picture books. She lives in Tempe, Arizona.

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Reviews for Flora and the Penguin

[gthomp7 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The pictures in this book are really nice. This was one of the wordless picture books that I found in class. It was really cute and appropriate for students in the K-2 grades. The main reason I disliked this book was because for me, personally, it was difficult to follow the storyline. Having a book that lacks words makes it difficult to figure out where the story is going and what is really taking place, as far as the interactions the characters may experience with other characters or things in the text. However, I tend to like wordless picture books just because of the space and opportunity it allows readers to kind of use their creative minds and imagination to infer what might happen, or to predict and make conclusions just by using text clues and pictures. I feel that this book did not allow me to do that, which felt a little disappointing. However, I still really loved the pictures and thought that young students with wild imaginations can still come up with their own meanings behind this story. It was just a little difficult for me personally.

[robertalea-223265 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is just an adorable little book.

[rosa.mill · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Gorgeous wordless picture book. Absolutely beautiful.

[melodyreads · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

wordless and wonderful