# If I had a penguin

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- Book: [If I had a penguin](https://www.bookquiver.com/gabby-dawney/if-i-had-a-penguin) ([If I had a penguin.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/gabby-dawney/if-i-had-a-penguin.md))
- Authors: [Gabby Dawney](https://www.bookquiver.com/gabby-dawney)
- Publisher: Thames & Hudson
- ISBN: 978-05-0065-399-9
- Pages: 32
- Published: 2026-11-05
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

The tenth story in the bestselling If I had a... series, which imagines life with a penguin as a pet. If I had a penguin starts innocently enough when a single Adélie penguin appears at the front door. What our protagonist hasn’t anticipated is that this penguin is part of a colony... If I had a penguin imagines a sequence of hilarious scenarios in which the Adélie penguins visit the waterpark, the seaside and the jazz club, before cramming themselves onto the sofa to watch a film and into the bathtub before bed. As ever, this book will delight readers with its rollicking rhymes and hilarious gags.