I think not); while my companion aged seven proposed one to two stars, and then immediately asked to borrow the book so he could reread it himself. I was just very eager to see how it would all tie together and if this mysterious stranger is good or.

Mr. Penguin and the Lost Treasure | BookTrust

At first readers won't see a connection between the rock he snags and keeps out of the hands of some determined thugs and the missing hamsters he agrees to find for the citizens of Schneedorf-on-the-Peak despite the fact that there are snakes and a hypnotist involved.Penguin has always enjoyed adventure novels so he decides to open his own office and become a professional adventurer. With the help of his sidekick, Colin, a spider, they are hired by Miss Boudicca Bones, museum director, to find the lost treasure of the Cityville Museum of Extraordinary Objects before some escaped prisoners find and steal it. Accompanied by Miss Bones and her enormous brother Monty, they stumble through the gloomy tunnel, emerging in a remarkable subterranean jungle. Or they would be, if threatening notes hadn’t appeared and the ship’s crew wasn’t whispering secrets. Penguin and the cool competence of the unflappable Colin), is how well it combines plot, action and a fast pace, while never outrunning the younger reader.

Mr Penguin and the Lost Treasure by Alex T. Smith - Waterstones

With the help of local children and the Haus of Strudel the adventurers try to discover the mystery of the missing hamsters with much frivolity, misinterpretation and slapstick along the way. Whimsy is in the eye of the beholder, but at least to me these characters just come across as fun and friendly. An adventurous penguin with a taste for fish finger sandwiches, Mr Penguin and his spider sidekick are a fantastic new detective duo! With his friends Colin the spider, Edith, and Gordon the pigeon, he solves mysteries and fights bad guys! The plane crash and cool inventions described and illustrated are sure to hold readers' attention in this, Mr.Penguin of course, but even more than him, I adored Colin the spider and his notepad, and Edith and Gordon (her pigeon friend who travels on her head).

All the Mr Penguin Books in Order | Toppsta

The droll humor with which the story is told and Colin's ever-ready appendages prepared to defend his turf make the book positively addictive.Penguin has is comrades Edith and Gordon the pigeon and his best friend and partner in crime Colin the spider who has Kung fu fight skills.

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I liked the fact the antagonist was a woman (initially assumed by myself and the characters to be a man) and also that the twins' traditional gender roles were flipped with the girl being messy and scientific and the boy being tidy and no help in a crisis. Mr Penguin, Colin, Edith, and Gordon are saving a rock that belongs in the museum from some shifty characters.He along with his sidekick Colin, a kung-fu loving spider quickly arrive at the museum ready to solve the case and find the treasure. Penguin adventure series; I just finished reading the book to the kids and they thoroughly enjoyed it. With short chapters, clear text and comical black-and-orange illustrations, this rip-roaring adventure will be a big hit with newly independent readers who are looking for more challenging stories.