Augustine

Augustine by Watt, Melanie. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781553378853.

Moving all the way from the South Pole to the North Pole isnt easy for the young penguin Augustine. Uprooted from her home, she misses her friends, her grandma and grandpa and her old bedroom. There are all kinds of unfamiliar faces at the North Pole, and everything looks strange and different. When its time to go to her new school, Augustine gets cold feet. But with the help of a few colored pencils and some inspiration from Picasso, this shy, artistic young penguin discovers a way to break the ice with her classmates and feel at home on the other end of the world. Augustines penguinized versions of van Gogh, Munch, Picasso and others are a delightful way to introduce children to art. A clever, charming story told from a penguins eye view, Augustine illustrates that art is all around us -- and it is a language everyone understands.