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PB: A little penguin in a zoo imagines he is a superhero

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PB: A little penguin in a zoo imagines he is a superhero
Hello! My name is
Sophie
Picture Book
Adventure Parody
Last Modified: Jan 18, 2021 @ 7:18 pm
About Me

I’m an English teacher in Japan and I love penguins.  My apartment is littered with them, it’s like a penguin explosion, only not in a horrible devastating way but… it’s like a happy G-rated penguin explosion.  Anyway, when I’m not writing about penguins I enjoy drawing penguins, and writing songs about penguins on the piano, and going to the zoo to look at penguins, really I’m a very complex and layered individual.

I can speak a little Japanese.  ペンギンが大好きです。

 

In summary: Author/illustrator.  Loves penguins.

Love to Read

I enjoy character driven stories with humor but I also appreciate good world building.   I like the Harry Potter series, Garth Nix, and Neil Gaiman.

Hard No's

I don’t care for sword and sorcery/High Fantasy fiction.  I’m not a fan of romance and will give a hard pass on make-out scenes or the like.

Experience
I've written a lot
Critique Styles
Accountability Partner
Chapter-by-Chapter
Editorial Letter
Line Edits
Sandwich Critique
Critique Strengths
Big Picture
Characters
Dialogue
Grammar
Time Commitment
Weekly, Monthly, Intermittant (ie. when you have something to share)
Life Stages
Work Full-Time
Preferred Contact Style
Email, Instant Messaging
Around the Web
About the Work In Progress
Details First Page Other Projects
Working Title
The Amazing Penguin
Age Category
Picture Book
Genres
Adventure, Parody
Type of Project
Picture Book
Tags
penguin
First Page

Page 3

In a little city, in a little zoo, there lived a little penguin.   But he wasn’t just any penguin.  He was…

Page 4

The Amazing Penguin!

Page 5

Faster than a speeding herring!  More powerful than a crashing wave!  Able to leap tall boulders in a single bound!

Page 6

On a quiet day at the city zoo, The Amazing Penguin remains alert.

Page 7

“Oh, no!”

[Illustration note: Near the penguin enclosure, a balloon is stuck in a tree.  Beneath the tree stands a young girl.  Nearby her mother tries to console a crying baby.]

Page 8

The Amazing Penguin to the rescue!

[Illustration note: The penguin dives into the water and leaps out of his enclosure.]

Page 9

[Illustration note: The penguin leaps heroically for the balloon.]

Page 10

[Illustration note: The penguin stretches at the foot of the tree several feet from the balloon.  He can’t jump high on land.]

Page 11

“Mommy, look at the silly penguin!”

“That’s nice, honey.”

[Illustration note: The mother dangles her keys above the crying baby.]

Page 12 / Page 13

Another crisis solved thanks to The Amazing Penguin!

[Illustration note: Spread.  The penguin sits under the tree looking discouraged while the family walks off.  The balloon is still in the tree.]

Other Projects

Current WIPs:

The Care and Keeping of Penguins (MG)

Victoria (working title) (Nonfiction PB)

Untitled graphic novel

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