Portly's Hat

This is an idiosyncratic tale of a penguin named Portly and his red-striped hat. Stuart, the stinky seagull, steals it. Portly's friend, Little Bert, gets it back. This simple story, hardly more than a scrawl, is loaded with a sneaky sort of charm. Cousins includes comic asides, the kind of comments children mutter: "Come back Stinky Stuart," a bare-headed Portly calls out. "Stinky Stuart called me fish face and he's got my hat," the penguin sobs to his friend. Thoroughly engaging.Cousins, Lucy is the author of 'Portly's Hat' with ISBN 9780525444572 and ISBN 0525444572.