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Otto is a baby penguin chick. He lives on his father's
feet at the bottom of the world, and loves to play in the
snow. Be he isn't an ordinary penguin - he is the first penguin
chick to be born that year, which means that it is his job
to look after all the other young penguins...
Out
in the snow and ice of Antarctica there is an awful lot to
learn, and Otto has to discover for himself how to swim, dive
and catch fish before he can teach anyone else. And how will
he do that when all the grown-ups are too busy to help?
Maureen
Lipman reads another one of Jill Tomlinson's tales about a
young animal and its surroundings. I couldn't help noticing
the strong similarity between this release and that of The
Gorilla Who Wanted to Grow Up.
And, to be honest if this is representative of Tomlinson's
work, it would seem that she's a bit of a one trick pony.
Keeping the same basic story and altering the animal and location
means that she could carry on writing on this subject indefinitely.
I
also had a problem with Lipman's accent in this release. For
some unfathomable reason the penguins in this story seem to
have emigrated from Liverpool. To be quite honest, the
fact that Otto sounded like Cilla Black was a little too much
to stomach.
The
title is also rather lame: The Penguin Who Wanted to Find
Out. My first reaction was: "I wonder what he wants
to find out." But don't get your hopes up - it's nothing
that exciting.
Sadly,
this is a rather disappointing release which, despite using
the same basic premise, is nowhere near as enjoyable as The
Gorilla Who Wanted to Grow Up.
Amber
Leigh
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