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"One day, Penguin was looking for love. / Instead, he found . . . a mitten." But a mitten is a poor substitute for love, right? Especially if it's not attached to anyone. As Penguin sets out in search of its owner, he encounters Bootsy, a penguin friend knitting "snout cozies" for seals, which warms "her lonely heart." Turns out love has been right under his bill all along. But when a blizzard separates Bootsy and Penguin, the lovebirds have to knit their way back to each other. Yarn and romance combine in Yoon's sweet adventure that features the arctic star of Penguin and Pinecone (2012) and Penguin on Vacation (2013).

Horn Book

One day, Penguin was looking for love.

Kirkus Reviews

Little does Penguin know that a couple of matchmaking puffins have hatched a plan to aid him in finding love in this third adventure (Penguin on Vacation, 2013). Yoon executes yet another warm tale pairing an engaging narrative for young readers with illustrations in saturated hues that pop with bright colors against the cool backgrounds. "One day Penguin was looking for love. / Instead, he found… // a mitten." After a fruitless search to find its owner, he decides to get out some yarn and knit a mate. Elsewhere, his friend Bootsy is also knitting. Readers will recognize that what Bootsy is calling a "snout cozy" resembles Penguin's mitten. Two sharp-eyed puffins make the same observation and decide to play matchmaker by stealing the penguins' yarn and laying a trail for them to "unravel…together." As they follow yarn trails with heart-shaped curlicues, they knit for warmth, fun, comfort and their friends until a blizzard separates them. They travel back, following their respective trails of yarn; a double-page spread shows them on opposite sides of the same very tall mountain (having knit cozies and scarves for lesser peaks along the way). When they reach the top, they realize they "had pulled right into each other's hearts." Readers will respond to this warm tale of finding love. (Picture book. 3-6)

Publishers Weekly (Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 CDT 2023)

In this companion to Penguin and Pinecone and Penguin on Vacation, Penguin spies a lonely mitten that someone dropped on the ground while he-s out -looking for love- in the ice and snow. Abandoning his first mission, he decides to track down the owner of the mitten. He discovers a knack for knitting cold-weather accessories for his chilly animal friends in the process, which leads to finding his -perfect match- (penguin Bootsy, who is also an avid knitter). Yoon-s thickly outlined illustrations of chubby animals pair comfortably with the simple text, which builds to a cozy and comical conclusion to Penguin-s search for a companion. Ages 3-6. Agent: Jamie Weiss Chilton, Andrea Brown Literary Agency. (Dec.)

School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 1 Penguin finds another penguin to love when he comes upon a purple and green knitted mitten in the snow and searches for its owner. In her third "Penguin" picture book, Yoon's characteristic, digitally created artwork employs a simple, colorful design with figures outlined in thick black lines, making them clearly visible during storytimes. Yarn swirls around the pages and endpapers, creating hearts and spelling Penguin's friend Bootsy's name when a blizzard temporarily separates the pair. The spread picturing the storm will mesmerize readers as they gaze at the minuscule dots of snow. Purchase where the previous books have a following. Blair Christolon, Prince William Public Library System, Manassas, VA