Poor little Henry! All the other baby penguins are having fun sliding on the ice and tumbling in the snow, but Henry doesn't like the cold and dreams of sandy shores and warm seas. When a boat sails close to the ice, Henry jumps on board and heads off in search of sunshine. It doesn't take him long, however, to realise that there's no place quite like home.

Children will love this warm and witty story with its adorably entertaining central character.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2009 by Pan Macmillan .

Rosie Reeve has illustrated many picture books and young fiction, including HEY, I LOVE YOU, published by Macmillan. Gillian Shields was born and brought up in Yorkshire. She read english and Cambridge and then trained as an actress before teaching acting and becoming director of a London drama school. She now lives in the country, and teaches drama and English, part-time, in a local school