Where Is Home, Little Pip?by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman

For Little Pip, the baby penguin, home is a pebbly nest on the cold Antarctic

shore. Mama and Papa always remind Pip not to wander far, and she never does...until one day a black,

glittery feather leads Pip on a chase far, far from home. How will Pip find her way back to her parents?

ThemeLiving Together: This is Home

Close Read Questions• What causes Little Pip to wander away from her home?

• What does Pip do when she sees the black feather? Do you think this is a good idea?

• Is Pip afraid of the mighty blue whale? How can you tell?

• What do Mama and Papa do when they find Little Pip? How do you know?

• How does the story end? What do you think of the ending?

Benchmark VocabularyBabyCozyFlutteredGlitteredHatchedHomeNestOceans

PeckingRuffledRushedSlumpedWaddledWailedWanderWeathered

Where Is Home, Little Pip? by Karma Wilson, illustrated by Jane Chapman. Text copyright ©2008 by Karma Wilson. Illustrations copyright © Jane Chapman. Reprinted by permission of Margaret K. McElderry Books, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division. All rights reserved.