
Pickles
The Lonely Penguin
Paul O'Grady(Author)
Prime Seven Media (Publisher)
Published on 14. October 2025
Book
Hardback
38 pages
978-1-967820-54-2 (ISBN)
Description
Pickles is a young penguin living with his family at the South Pole. One day, while running an errand for his mother, he gets distracted by a rainbow and ends up stranded on a drifting piece of ice. It carries him far away to a warm, bustling city, where he becomes lost, hungry, and lonely. Despite meeting kind strangers-like a butcher, an ice rink manager, and an ice cream man-none can offer him exactly what he needs. Just when Pickles is about to give up, he meets two children, Josh and Danica, who take him in, feed him, and offer him a place to rest. With their father's help, Pickles eventually returns home on a fishing trawler. As he departs, all the friends he made wave goodbye, and Pickles realizes that while the end of the rainbow didn't bring treasure, it led him to something even more valuable: kindness, friendship and hope.
More details
Language
English
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 7 to 12 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 286 mm
Width: 221 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
430 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-967820-54-2 (9781967820542)
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