The voyage is not without peril, the little boat is tossed about on huge waves, but the occupants remain calm throughout, with the boy telling stories all the time. So with the help of the penguin, the boy prepares his little row boat for the journey to come. The various efforts employed range from the logical – going to the lost and found office, to the desperate – he consults his rubber duck when having a bath! Serendipitously he discovers while reading a book that penguins come from the South Pole. This leads the boy to believe that he is lost, and so he then endeavours to help the penguin. The penguin proceeds to follow the boy around, although the former looks sad. This is a very simple tale of a penguin who arrives unannounced at the front door of ‘the boy’. The title of the book is ‘Lost and Found’. Auden goes on to argue that there are no books that are ‘only for children’.įor this reason, I would like to bring Oliver Jeffers tale of a ‘lost penguin’ to the attention of the aforementioned wider adult community. From this it could be argued that they may be less accessible to members of the wider adult community. WH Auden noted that books for adults are written based on an assumption that a certain level of experience has been attained. I was recently delighted to find my preferences endorsed by some established literary talents. When it comes to reading material, of late I have an overwhelming preference for children’s picture books.
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