NUMBER: 33
TITLE: Here Come the Penguins
AUTHOR: Sara Maynard
STARTED: March 25, 2006
FINISHED: March 25, 2006
PAGES: 84
GENRE: Juvenile
FIRST SENTENCE: The penguins had started on their winter journey - and what a journey it was, full of excitement and happiness, and chatter and games and making plans, and even quarreling!
SUMMARY: The penguins march to the rookery to lay their nests. The story follows the Emperor, his wife Queenie, and their son Penny.
REASON FOR READING: I was checking in books for our Juvenile collection at the library and came across it. I can never turn anything involving penguins down.
THOUGHTS: It was a cute story that reminded me of a cross between the documentary "March of the Penguins" and the animated film "The Pebble and the Penguin." What I really loved about this story were the subliminal messages. The book was published in 1942 and it doesn't really hide it's "pro-gender roles" themes that well. The male penguins enforce law and order, bring home the bacon, and look bored at the women. The women penguins keep house, coddle their children, and gossip. This book was quite funny at times... but only because I'm not a 7 year old reading it.
MISCELLANEOUS: Illustrations = Awesome
KEEP/SHARE/CRINGE(?): Going back to the library.
RATING: 5/10 [I didn't particularly like it or dislike it; mixed review]
CR: No clue.
RN: Also, no clue.
TITLE: Here Come the Penguins
AUTHOR: Sara Maynard
STARTED: March 25, 2006
FINISHED: March 25, 2006
PAGES: 84
GENRE: Juvenile
FIRST SENTENCE: The penguins had started on their winter journey - and what a journey it was, full of excitement and happiness, and chatter and games and making plans, and even quarreling!
SUMMARY: The penguins march to the rookery to lay their nests. The story follows the Emperor, his wife Queenie, and their son Penny.
REASON FOR READING: I was checking in books for our Juvenile collection at the library and came across it. I can never turn anything involving penguins down.
THOUGHTS: It was a cute story that reminded me of a cross between the documentary "March of the Penguins" and the animated film "The Pebble and the Penguin." What I really loved about this story were the subliminal messages. The book was published in 1942 and it doesn't really hide it's "pro-gender roles" themes that well. The male penguins enforce law and order, bring home the bacon, and look bored at the women. The women penguins keep house, coddle their children, and gossip. This book was quite funny at times... but only because I'm not a 7 year old reading it.
MISCELLANEOUS: Illustrations = Awesome
KEEP/SHARE/CRINGE(?): Going back to the library.
RATING: 5/10 [I didn't particularly like it or dislike it; mixed review]
CR: No clue.
RN: Also, no clue.
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