Sunk!

By Author / Illustrator

Rob Biddulph

Genre

Adventure

Age range(s)

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

ISBN

9780008207403

Format

Paperback / softback

Published

27-07-2017

Synopsis

Penguin Blue is back, in a swashbuckling new adventure about pirates, treasure, and friendship from Rob Biddulph, the creative genius behind the #DrawWithRob phenomenon and the bestselling and award-winning Blown Away!

A pirate hat.
A sunny day.
For Penguin Blue
A game to play.

Your favourite Penguin and his friends are back in a new adventure, and this time they're pirates - ARRRRR!
Sailing the seven seas in search of treasure, Captain Blue and his friends are unexpectedly SUNK! But with a shipwreck to explore and a mysterious stranger on a desert island to meet, they might still find some treasure after all...

From the bestselling and multi-award-winnning Rob Biddulph, creator of the internet phenomenon Draw With Rob, as seen on YouTube, FaceBook, Instagram, CBeebies and TV news everywhere, and the Waterstones Book Prize-winning Blown Away!!

This is the perfect story for boys and girls of 4+, and pirates everywhere, to share with their families! Sink into this treasure and enjoy Rob Biddulph's trademark warm-hearted humour.

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Reviews

Sunk! is a real treat - especially for fans of Blown Away, the picture book that preceded it. As in the first book, Penguin Blue is on his travels, this time on the look out for a pirate adventure! You'll recognise some of his old friends from Blown Away - the polar bear Clive, whose rubber dingy is requisitioned, and Wilbur Seal, the cabin boy, and then they are off!

'In Search of gold ... they ride the breeze.. and sail across... the seven seas'. There are maps, pirate talk and peril to be had in this adventure. When their dingy sinks, Penguin Blue hatches a clever plan to get them - and the stranded Captain Plank - safely home again. The last page is a gorgeous spread of a ship that has been turned into one of the best adventure play areas you'll ever see.

There are many parallels to the first book, Blown Away, that children might pick up on, and you can also find a treasure trove of all things piratical; observant readers will follow the parrot for a parallel adventure story. The clever rhyming verse makes this a treat to read aloud, and the pictures are simply gorgeous.

There are also opportunities to map out Penguin Blue's travels, draw your own pirate map, check out underwater sea life and explore the Antarctic for related topics. Lots of fun.

Picture book / Ages 4+ / Reviewed by Emma Roberts.