The Penguin's Rainbow Boat

Pip is a round, chubby penguin with a red-and-white striped sailor scarf and bright sky-blue eyes. His big dream is to build his own boat and sail far out to sea. Working alone in his little workshop behind the snowbank, he saws, hammers and glues all day long, never asking for help. By sunset, he has finished a beautiful vessel painted in stripes of red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple — a rainbow boat. It looks perfect, but when he tries to push it toward the water the next morning, it will not budge.

Help arrives from above when Splash the seagull, wearing his blue sailor cap, swoops down and calls his friends. Pippa the puffin in her yellow life vest and Captain Cora the cormorant with her purple polka-dot neckerchief soon join them at the shore. Captain Cora inspects the planks and glue and pronounces the boat safe, then organises the launch: everyone pushes together and follows the count. This warm tale by Ebru Mina TOMURCUK gently shows young readers that a big dream can be built alone but is often launched with others, and that asking for help is not a weakness. Read it on Onlinemasal Com.Tr.