Penguin Reprint edition

?Dunbar?s winsome mixed-media illustrations carry the day in a story that pulls a few punches on readers.? ?Publishers Weekly (starred review)

A Bank Street College Best Children?s Book of the Year
A Cooperative Children?s Book Center Choice
A Baker?s Dozen: Best Children?s Books for Family Literacy Selection (Pennsylvania)

Ben rips open his present and finds a penguin inside. ?Hello, Penguin!? he says. ?What shall we play?? But Penguin says nothing. Even when Ben tickles its belly, does a dizzy dance, and sticks out his tongue, Penguin makes no response. What will it take for Penguin to say something ? or for Ben to understand what Penguin has to say? Spare illustrations bring whimsy to this offbeat tale, in which a little boy gets his heart?s desire.