I read this book to a class today in honour of Pride month starting soon and I thought it was so cute! One morning, Patrick the penguin wakes up pink. He thinks, since he’s a boy, he can’t be pink and worries his classmates will tease him. His dad shows him pictures of boy and girl flamingos, who are all pink, which makes Patrick think he should live with flamingos instead. However, after realizing he can’t do the same things as them since he doesn’t have long legs, the same shaped beak, and can’t fly, he decides to accept himself the way he is, pink and all. The kids mostly liked it but were missing the overall message of self-acceptance because they were too concerned with why he randomly woke up pink, which I didn’t have an answer for. I will definitely read it to other classes and see how they respond!
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