Paul Stewart is an internationally accliamed author. With Chris
Riddell he created the bestselling Edge Chronicles series, which
has sold over three million books in over thirty languages
worldwide. Paul lives in Brighton with his wife and their two
children.
Jane Porter is a winner of the London Book Fair Illustration Prize.
A former journalist, she now works full time illustrating
children's books, taking illustration commissions for organizations
such as London Zoo, The National Trust, English Heritage and
Kensington Palace amongst others. Jane uses pen and ink, cut paper
and digital collage in her artwork. Her baby book This Rabbit, That
Rabbit has been chosen by Book Trust for the Book Start scheme in
2015. Jane lives and works in London.
"Paul Stewart's sweet, funny text and Jane Porter's characterful
collage illustrations combine into a really heartwarming story
about fulfilling your potential and staying content and
unique. Everyone has their talent and 'special thing', and
sometimes that's different to everyone else’s ….What a lovely
message from this great big hug of a book."
*Book Trust*
"The artwork in this book is wonderful…an inspiring picture book
that focuses on friendship, team work and building
self-esteem."
*School Librarian*
"A very colourful book that is essentially about friendship,
teamwork and building self-esteem. This delightful story of Penguin
who yearns to fly is told with humorous text and lovely
multi-coloured images. It is amusing and lively while imparting the
information so that it will appeal to adults and children
alike."
*IBBY Link*
"Paul Stewart’s delightful tale of discovering your own special
talents, even though they may be different from those around you,
is brought to life by Jane Porter’s beautiful collage
illustrations. Penguin’s deepest desire has always been to fly but
everything goes wrong. It is only when penguin falls into the sea
that he discovers a different way to fly. This heart-warming
picture book shows children that everyone has something they’re
good at. It’s simply a matter of finding what it is."
*Guardian*
"Deliciously funny, artfully constructed collage style
pictures."
*Books for Keeps*
"A fantastic book of friendship and working together, with some
truly stunning papercraft illustrations."
*Read It, Daddy*
"I love this story, which is beautifully illustrated by Jane Porter
- she depicts all the birds for us so well, and they are utterly
delightful; my favourite picture is Owl giving Penguin a big hug.
The story shows us how important supportive friends are, and how we
all have a special talent, maybe an unexpected one. A lovely
book."
*Parents in Touch*
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