Sydney and the Whalebird
David Elliot

Red Fox
Random House, 2002

unpaged, pbk., $14.95

1740517318

 Sydney and the Whalebird is a picture storybook about a penguin called Sydney and his friend, Bill. Sydney makes a machine that gets Bill stuck on the ground. This is a problem because Bill is a whale. They have to help Bill get back to the sea.

I really liked this book because it used interesting words, the story and the pictures were funny. My favourite part of the story was when Sydney invented a weird machine.

I think this book would be good for people aged six and over.

Hannah, 7, Ballarat