What a cute book! I included this in my June theme for kindergarten (the beach). It is also perfect for units on penguins or friendship. ( )

I would read this book when we are jittery for summer time and want to dream about summer a little. Maybe even write about what we want our summer to be like? ( )

I liked this book for 3 reasons. The first reason I like the book is because of the language the author uses. It's very simple but does a great job of activating a child's imagination. For example of one page it said "the waves swelled bigger and bigger. The sun shone hottie and hotter" .

The second reason I liked this book was because it used dialogue as well as being told in the third person. The reader gets a view into the character's perspective to what is happening as well as receiving all the information necessary to understand the story.

The third reason I liked this book was because of how the illustrations paired nicely with the story. When the penguin was at his home the illustrations were mostly cool colors like blue but when the penguin was on vacation it was mostly warm colors like red. I think The main idea of this book was how even though people come from different places and have different ideas of fun, you can teach each other new things and become friends. A good example of this is on the last page and you can see some penguins skating on the ice but others or building snow castles and playing beach volleyball too and they would not know about these things had it not been for the penguin and the crabs friendship ( )

I received this book for free through GoodRead's First Reads. It is a lovely story of a penguin who just wants a vacation. My son and I have read it quite a few times already. ( )

Penguin goes on vacation in the tropics and makes friends with a crab. Simple and charming. ( )