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Dec 25, 2014mmcbeth29 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A boy and a penguin are best friends. They do everything together. Penguin decides one day that he wants to fly. But he wants to figure it out himself without help. He tries to fly without success. Penguin sees an advertisement looking for a living cannon ball. He leaves without saying goodbye to his friend to become a living cannon ball and to fly. He begins to miss his friend though and the boy misses him. Penguin gets into the cannon ball and flies just as the boy finally finds him and is able to catch Penguin. Penguin realizes why he is unable to fly and goes home. The illustrations are colorful and of a different than usual style. The story is a bit abstract in places such as when it says, "In his excitement, he rushed off without a word." But the illustration is of the boy talking about penguin with an owl. And there is a bit of lack of realism--the boy getting to the circus by himself and the boy catching the penguin after it is shot out of the cannon. But overall it is a nice story about friends. Even though it is advertized for ages 3-7, I would recommend this as most suitable for ages 5-7.