Little Penguin, who has the "soul of an eagle," enrolls in flight school.

Elliot, a very proper young man, feels a kinship with the penguins at the aquarium and wants to take one home with him.

Even though the penguin and the boy are close friends and do many things together, the penguin decides that he wants to fly and he wants to do it on his own.

Searching for fun in his snowy polar world, Little Penguin dances with the gooney birds, cavorts at the Walrus Polar Club, and narrowly escapes being eaten by a whale.

Pictures and rhyming text present some of the many extraordinary things penguins can do. Includes facts about penguins as well as related websites.

"During the first snowy day of winter, five little penguins bundle up and venture outside to play"--

While trying his best to help a penguin that has shown up at his door, a boy journeys all the way to the South Pole, only to realize that the penguin was never lost.

Afraid to swim, Pip the penguin would much rather learn to fly.

Facing hungry bellies, three cats kidnap a penguin to help them catch fish, triggering a hilarious sequence of events as the penguin, whose black-and-white markings cause him to be mistaken for a waiter, tries to escape back home.