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"  Here are three things I know about author, Melissa Guion: She has a young daughter. She has a hat (an antique child&amp;#039;s top hat from France, to be exact). She wrote a ridiculously adorable book called Baby Penguins Everywhere (Philomel Books/Penguin Young Readers, 2012), inspired by said daughter and hat. In it, a lone penguin finds a hat adrift among the ice floes. Out of it pops a baby penguin\u2026 and, in sequence, &amp;quot;another and another and another&amp;quot; until &amp;quot;there were baby penguins everywhere.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;I didn&amp;#039;t really know this story was about my becoming a mom until after it was done,&amp;quot; Melissa explained at an author event at Books of Wonder in New York (at which she shared the topper that inspired this book). And to your child it won&amp;#039;t be. To your child, it will be a whimsical charmer about a great big fun-loving family.  And, oh yes, a &amp;quot;very, very busy&amp;quot; mom...  ...who needs &amp;quot;just a minute to herself&amp;quot; now and then...  ...before jumping back into the game. Or games, as we see in this month&amp;#039;s playful, parent-pride follow-up: Baby Penguins Love Their Mama! (Philomel Books/Penguin Young Readers, 2014). Together, the books make a perfect Valentines Day gift for your little hatlings.   Follow up by drawing your very own penguin colony, and your mama star will rise. Here&amp;#039;s Melissa Guion, on how.        Randall de S\u00E8ve is the author of New York Times bestseller Toy Boat, The Duchess of Whimsy, Mathilda and the Orange Balloon, and Peanut and Fifi Have a Ball. She also spent many happy years teaching young children in Brooklyn, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and a very wicked dog named Henry Biscuit. You can contact Randall at her website. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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