Augustine is a young penguin whose Dad is being transferred to the North Pole. The move precipitates all kinds of feelings as Augustine packs up her room, says goodbye to her friends and extended family, and makes the trip North on Penguin Air. After finding a new house, a very nervous Augustine goes to her new class, where she discovers that her drawings are a wonderful “ice breaker” and a way to help her make new friends. A gentle story about dealing with new situations, Augustine is also full of layered ice and cold/North Pole humor wrapped up in Augustine’s versions of classic paintings, such as da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Wood’s American Gothic, and War hol’s Campbell Soup Can. sc

Moving all the way from the South Pole to the North Pole isn't easy for the young penguin Augustine. Uprooted from her home, she misses her friends, her grandma and grandpa and her old bedroom. There are all kinds of unfamiliar faces at the North Pole, and everything looks strange and different. When it's time to go to her new school, Augustine gets cold feet. But with the help of a few colored pencils and some inspiration from Picasso, this shy, artistic young penguin discovers a way to break the ice with her classmates and feel at home on the other end of the world.

Augustine's penguinized versions of van Gogh, Munch, Picasso and others are a delightful way to introduce children to art. A clever, charming story told from a penguin's eye view, Augustine illustrates that art is all around us --- and it is a language everyone understands.