If I had a penguin

The tenth story in the bestselling If I had a... series, which imagines life with a penguin as a pet. If I had a penguin starts innocently enough when a single Adélie penguin appears at the front door. What our protagonist hasn’t anticipated is that this penguin is part of a colony... If I had a penguin imagines a sequence of hilarious scenarios in which the Adélie penguins visit the waterpark, the seaside and the jazz club, before cramming themselves onto the sofa to watch a film and into the bathtub before bed. As ever, this book will delight readers with its rollicking rhymes and hilarious gags. | If I had a penguin.

The cheapest new copy of If I had a penguin is £10.79 at LoveReading4Kids. Prices checked 8 Nov 2026

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