We love, love, love author/illustrator Salina Yoon in our house. She writes engaging and visually charming stories for young children, primarily in board and picture books. Her books are all sweet, while the illustrations are simple and cute.
Her books range from interactive board books for toddlers (Kaleidoscope and Pinwheel) to picture books for the 3-8 year old range. She has several character book series starring Penguin (from Penguin and Pinecone and other stories) and Bear (from Found and other stories).
We discovered Ms. Yoon’s books through my daughter’s preschool teacher. Miss Lisa loves penguins, and she read several of the Penguin books to the students. We secretly think Miss Lisa feels a close connection to Penguin (they are both sweet and love to knit!). We began taking out Salina Yoon books from the library on our own and have enjoyed them all, including:
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- A story about the things you do for friendship (even between unlikely friends!)
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- Penguin goes on vacation, enjoys the beach, and makes a new friend!
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- Penguin goes looking for love
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- Penguin wants to do something he’s never done – be the first penguin on the North Pole.
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- Penguin brings fall back to the South Pole so his little brother Pumpkin can experience it.
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- Dennis is extraordinary and imaginative… and in search of a friend who understands him.
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- Bear finds Floppy Bunny, and goes looking for his owner even though he secretly wants to keep him for himself.
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- Bear, Floppy, and Bear’s Mom and Dad brave a loud and stormy night.
Found is our favorite, and we bought it for our home library so we would stop wearing out the library copy. Read my previous review here. In preparing this list, I found that Bear’s Big Day came out in June. We’ll be on the lookout for it!
What is your favorite Salina Yoon book? Please share in the comments!
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I love her work too! Especially, BE A FRIEND!