…not only striking but even audacious…Davis has risked sentimental failure and even derision…by letting a penguin tell the story himself…Davis imbues his dramatic device with total conviction so that his reader accepts the conceit as audiences accept the impossibilities of well-performed opera or ballet.
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
The spirit and soul of Penguin is entwined with the factual information in this first-person account so that it is rather like reading a novel or an autobiography
American Bookseller “Pick of the Lists”
The lyrical text tells an emotional tale without sacrificing accuracy. While there is an abundance of information included, the strength of this book lies in [Davis’] ability to make the whole greater than the sum of all the facts
School Library Journal
Even those allergic to animal narrators will be won over: far from cutesy-pie sentimentality…this is as informative as it is handsome
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