Longlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2020 | Shortlisted for the Klaus Flugge Prize 2019
Penguins are popular subjects for picture books, but even I Can Fly stands out for sheer charm and emotional impact. Little Penguin longs to fly and believes he can, even though everyone explains he can’t, including his dad. Only when he falls into the water does he discover what penguins can really do, and his dad is at his side. The theme of valuing what we have is always important and Kuo’s pencil drawings are quite simply superb, catching every emotion so that we understand exactly what Little Penguin is feeling, as well as what it would be like to fly through the water. Gorgeous.
A small penguin sees all the birds in the sky and wants to fly like them. Penguin tries everything he can - but to no avail. But he soon learns from his dad that he can fly - underwater!
Fifi is originally from Taiwan where she did a BA in Landscape Architecture Design. She followed this with an MA in Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art. Since graduating, she has won Bronze in the Macmillan Prize, merit in the iJungle Illustration Awards and has also been shortlisted for the AOI Worlds Illustration Award. She has an eye for humour and characterisation and loves to observe people. When not people watching, she likes to watch her hamster and drink Japanese Green Tea Lattes. She likes the rain because it reminds her of the UK, and talks to herself when she draws!
The Klaus Flugge judges said:a beautiful book; a lovely sense of movement; the story has been done before but she’s transformed it; fantastic drawing skills, every penguin is different.
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