Portly's Hat

by Lucy Cousins

Portly Penguin always wears his hat. Until one day, smelly old Stuart the seagull flies off with it. Poor Portly is left bareheaded and bereft.

24 pages, Hardcover

First published March 27, 1989

About the author

Lucy Cousins, BA Honours in Graphic Design from The Faculty of Arts and Architecture, Brighton Polytechnic, postgraduate degree from Royal College of Art, is an author-illustrator of children's books. She is best known for her books featuring Maisy Mouse but she has also published other children's books including one about Noah's Ark. She is a mother of four and lives in Hampshire, England. Her own children are the inspiration for her books whose age range is 2-8.

Reviews

[David Miller · Rating 4 out of 5]

Portly is a penguin who has trouble with a seagull named Stinky, and the solution comes through a bit of solidarity with a little bird named Bert. And the hat? Let's just say, the hat has a lot of appeal to all the birds in this tale.

The artwork in particular is very funny. Each character has an abundance of visual personality, and I'm sure kids would have a blast imitating the style.

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

lucy cousin's FIRST book. stinky stuart (a sea gull) steals portly's (a penguin)hat and flies away with it. portly gets a little help from his friend and the bullying stuart gets whats coming to him.