One Cool Friend

 tried Tony Buzzeo's One Cool Friend last summer, and Ivy did not bite. However this summer she just adored it. Elliot is a proper young man who fell in love with penguins at the aquarium. His father, possibly assuming he wanted a stuffed penguin, quickly acquiesced when Eliot asked for a penguin. Elliot goes to great lengths in his attempts to keep the penguin happy with fish, ice, water, etc. When his father finally discovers the truth about Magellan, the penguin, the reader is in for a clever surprise about Elliot's father. Now that Ivy knows the clever twist in the story, she is always looking for visual clues leading to the final revelation. A fine choice on a hot summer's day.