Up and Down is a story of friendship and is a great opportunity to help young readers learn to cope if they have to move away or they have friends who move away. The watercolor paintings do an excellent job of conveying emotion and movement.
The story is simple.
Even though the penguin and the boy are very close friends and do everything together, they penguin decides that he wants to fly and he wants to do it on his own.
But Penguins have short stubby wings and fat bodies? But what if the penguin gets hurt blasting out of a cannon? Answer that with, but he has a really good friend, right? Then your child will learn a lesson or two about friendship.
Jeffers, Oliver. Up and Down. Philomel Books, New York, 2010. ISBN: 978-0-399-25545-8.
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