He takes his rowing boat out of the cupboard, tests it for size and strength and packs everything that the pair will need for the journey. So the boy decides that he and the penguin will row to the South Pole. He goes down to the harbour and asks a big ship to take them to the South Pole but the ship is about to depart and does not hear the boy over the sound of the ship's horn. He wonders how to get there and return the penguin to his surroundings. The next morning he is determined and he finds out that penguins are from the South Pole. When he goest to bed the boy frets because he wants to help the penguin but he doesn't know how to do so. The boy also asks his pet toy duck when he gets in the bath that night but the duck, too, doesn't respond and simply floats away. He even tries asking the birds if they know anything about the penguin, but, perhaps not surprisingly, they ignore his question. The boy thinks the penguin must be lost so he visits the Lost and Found Office but meets with no joy. The penguin, meanwhile, stands there looking all very sad. The boy in the story, unnamed, finds a penguin on his doorstep and wonders where he comes from. It is a simple story about a boy and a penguin but the feelings it arouses are many there is pathos aplenty, a fear of being alone, wonderment, disappointment, determination and above all happiness and friendship.

And thank goodness I didn't resist this one. It was performed at the historic Jacksons Lane theatre in Highgate, London in April 2011.I just can't resist a book with a penguin in it. It also offers wide scope for discussion in the playschool/infant classroom.' while Book Trust wrote ' it is a visual delight, and its themes of loneliness and friendship will resonate with young readers.' Ĭommon Sense Media found the movie adaption 'appropriate for all ages and doesn't contain anything questionable.' Theatre Ī stage version of Lost and Found, for children aged 3 and above has been created by Travelling Light and Polka Theatre. Kirkus Reviews wrote 'Readers who (inexplicably) find David Lawrence’s Pickle and Penguin (2004) just too weird may settle in more comfortably with this-slightly-less offbeat friendship tale.' and Publishers Weekly called it 'beguiling' and described it as a '.gently humorous and heartwarming tale of friendship found, lost and regained' Inis magazine of Children's Books Ireland described it 'a very special book which I am sure will become a favourite with 3 to 4-year-olds. Lost and Found has been favorably received. It was directed by Philip Hunt and broadcast on Channel 4. Īn animated short film adaptation was made by Studio AKA in 2008.

It won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Gold Award and was the Blue Peter Book of the Year. Lost and Found is a children's picture book by Oliver Jeffers, published in 2005.

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