Well Done, Mummy Penguin
A baby’s first story from a multi award-winning and internationally bestselling author, perfect for Mother's Day
Age 3+
Picture Storybooks
From Chris Haughton comes a funny, suspenseful celebration of mothers set against an atmospheric Antarctic backdrop.
Mummy Penguin is off to find a fishy dinner for her family. She has to swim very fast, climb a slippery cliff – cu-crunch, cu-crunch, cu-crunch – and even tiptoe past some sleeping seals… Shh! All the while, Little Penguin looks on in awe and says: “Well done, Mummy Penguin!”
The icy – and treacherous! – Antarctic landscapes are breathtaking in this funny and exciting celebration of all that mothers do, and all that mothers are.
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Creators
Chris Haughton is an Irish designer and illustrator. His debut picture book, A Bit Lost, is published into 21 different languages worldwide and has won 13 awards in nine countries, including the Dutch Picture Book of the Year and CBI Book of the Year. His second title, Oh No, George! won the Junior Design Award and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award. His third picture book, Shh! We Have a Plan, won the Specsavers Irish Children's Book of the Year Junior Award 2014 as well as the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award in the US. He lives in East London. Find Chris online at www.chrishaughton.com and on X as @chrishaughton.
Reviews
Showing that both can be equal partners in the raising of children is powerful, because it will help children and all readers realise that gender roles and binaries are not always present – that we all do things within our families and lives in different ways, much like the penguin family. I love that it showed Mummy Penguin as confident and brave and is just one way of showing how mums and dads can be within the family dynamic.
Ashleigh Meikle
Mummy Penguin’s a superhero as she braves icy waters to fetch a meal for her family in a sweet tale sure to warm tiny tot hearts. While Little Penguin’s anxious for her mother’s return, Mummy Penguin’s busy catch fish,, climbing slippery slopes and trying to sneak past sleeping seals. Naturally she never gives up.
The Geelong Advertiser
I am a huge fan of Chris Haughton’s picture books, they are clever, funny and always go down a storm with children. In his latest book, a devoted mum’s quest for food is beautifully portrayed in a fun, icy tale.
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