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The King Penguin

by Vanessa Roeder

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"“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” Percival the penguin may not be Henry IV, but he is a king penguin, so he wears the crown, doesn’t he? In Vanessa Roeder’s charming and pun-filled picture book, Percival rules over his subjects with an iron wing (he takes all their fish for taxes!), and soon enough, they revolt. What’s a king penguin to do when he loses his subjects? Look for new ones, of course! But it turns out seals, polar bears and even sardines don’t want to put up with Percival’s haughtiness. Can Percival be a king penguin without being king? (For ages 3 to 5)"
NPR Books We Love — 2023 · apps.npr.org