First of the Penguins

By Mary Q. Steele

Book Overview

Two friends, oppressed by the squalor of their city neighborhood, find themselves transported to dreamlike worlds in their search for something that will "make everything all right." This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333166876
• ISBN13: 9780333166871
• Release Date: June 1974
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A brilliant children's (or adult's) book

Bizarre and beautiful story about two young friends trying to infuse their lives with something special, who become obsessed with cryptic information concerning the "First of the Penguins". Intensely imaginative, skillfully rendered, exciting and suspenseful, and with the just the right mix of gravity and lightheartedness, it is a truly original and compelling book. I can't praise it enough.