The story somehow in the middle of book seems a bit boring but I'm sure that kids will enjoy it a lot. It’s a fun, sweet story that will appeal to younger readers, especially those who love penguins – and really, who doesn’t?

Einstein the Penguin is a very well written and exciting text. It is definitely a book that children won't be able to put down and will be fully engaged with. Although he doesn’t actually look like it in the drawings, I was quite delighted to find out that Einstein was a little penguin. They’re such fun and amazing little animals and I’ve not come across them represented much in children’s fiction (although NZ has an excellent book about them, written by someone who works at the National Aquarium). Einstein is a very resourceful penguin, having managed to escape his home at Sydney Zoo and managed to get himself on a flight to the UK, where he believes Issac is and is busy looking for him in London Zoo when the Stewart family see him. When he comes to visit the children are delighted and want to keep him forever and enjoy taking him on adventures – Arthur sneaks him to school, they take him shopping and although Mr and Mrs Stewart make noises about him not staying forever, they don’t do anything about it. Imogen reads detective novels so when she learns Einstein is searching for his friend, she undertakes an investigative role, determined to find where Issac is so that she can reunite them – even if that means they might have to say goodbye to Einstein. From stunning new writing talent Iona Rangeley, and illustrated with wit and brio by the award-winning David Tazzyman, this is a book that will be treasured for years to come. About This Edition ISBN: Perfect for all readers from 7 to 70, Einstein the Penguin introduces an unforgettable new character in a future-classic and fantastically funny debut for all the family to enjoy. Get ready to welcome the most extraordinary penguin into your own home…The winners of The Farshore Reading for Pleasure Teacher Awards 2023, highlighting the work schools are doing to encourage a love of reading, have...

Thoroughly enjoyed this book. Was a little hard to get into at the start but that may have just been due to my environment at the time. This book was funny and ridiculous but heartwarming and unexpected in some places. Touches on the ideas of communication barriers and difficulties, friendship and the struggle to make friends, love and possible links to autism or some kind of sensory sensitivity. An exciting story right up until the end, this is a perfect text for later KS1 and KS2 to use in the classroom, and is a text that all abilities can engage with. There are plenty of writing opportunities for both fiction and non-fiction from this text; recounts, predictions, newspaper reports, retelling from another character's perspective, factual writing. Drama; freeze frames, debates, character speech, expression, retelling. Geography; country location, travel, climate, habitats.The story carries a lot of Paddington vibes, mainly because this tale is also set in London and that wild-animal-with-a-family trope seems similar and familiar. But other than this common factor, the two stories are quite different. Of course, I would have loved it to be more like Paddington. Who wouldn’t want a talking penguin? My thanks to Harper Collins Children’s Books UK and NetGalley for the ARC of “Einstein the Penguin”. This review is voluntary and contains my honest opinion about the book. When the Stewart family visit the zoo, they particularly like the penguins. As they are leaving, Mrs Stewart says to one of the penguins that they can come and visit any time. They are very surprised when the penguin turns up on their doorstep shortly afterwards. The children, Imogen and Arthur, love having Einstein to stay and try to find out more about where he has come from and why he is there. The blurb says that this is “perfect for all readers from 7 to 70”. I would disagree a bit. For the correct age group ( 7-10 year olds based on the language and the illustrations), this will surely be a nice Christmas book. Some old preteens might enjoy it too. But for grown-up children of my age, there are better kiddie books out there to savour. Let’s leave this one only for actual children.

However, Einstein’s stay with the family is not just because he sought a home. It seems he’s on the search for a friend from whom he was separated at Sydney Zoo. Can Imogen piece together the clues that Einstein’s collected? Then again, can she and Arthur stay a step ahead of the suspicious man in the hat? With the help of Colin (a spider), Mr Penguin battles ferocious beasts and makes his way into a hidden jungle underneath the museum with exciting (and often hilarious) results. I love how Imogen, 9, and younger brother, Arthur, cope with not just the everyday-ness of having a penguin at home, going to a restaurant 🤣 and sneaking him off to school 🤭 The family's new feathered friend helps Arthur to come out of his shell and makes massive demands on Imogen's amateur sleuthing. But together they must find out why Einstein came to them and they must keep away from the mysterious white-coat man. And Einstein can't stay forever, can he...?

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Imogen, a nine-year-old girl and her younger brother, Arthur, are taken on a last minute trip to London Zoo. There's all the typical events of a family trip - rushing around, lost jumpers, busy transport, everyone wanting to see different animals, ice cream and not being finished when the attraction closes! Through the detailed events, choices of language and character speech, the reader will soon be laughing as the chaotic events unfold. The family’s new feathered friend helps Arthur to come out of his shell and makes massive demands on Imogen’s amateur sleuthing. But together they must find out why Einstein came to them and they must keep away from the mysterious white-coat man.