The Penguin and the Igloo

Hello!

At Howick Primary, they spend a lot of time decorating the school to fit whatever theme they are learning about. As I mentioned before, it's currently New Zealand's winter, so the theme right now is winter and learning about the community.  To make the library fit the theme, our librarian, Susie, has created an igloo in the middle of the library for kids to read in.  This igloo was made out of 600+ milk cartons and their lids.

So, of course, I freaked out over all of the penguins that decorate the igloo. I, jokingly, told Susie that I was going to steal all of the penguins. Well at school today, Susie walked into my classroom and surprised me with this! It's supposed to be a Blue Fairy Penguin, which is only native to New Zealand.

I'm not quite sure how I'm going to get it home, but I'm going to figure out a way! I'm so lucky to have coworkers who are kind enough to make things like this for me!