Pufflings Fly Free!
A Rescue Tale from Iceland
$34.25
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
13 October 2026
Summary
From Sibert Honoree Colleen Paeff comes a quietly powerful picture book about one young girl’s courageous mission to save a baby puffin, or puffling, with the support of her community on the Icelandic Westman Islands, exploring themes of environmental conservation, animals, family traditions, and girls in science.
While most of the world sleeps, Freya and her family embark on a late-night rescue mission like no other. On Iceland’s Westman Islands, families gather at midnight to save l…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781665980227 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1665980222 |
| Author: | Colleen Paeff, Linda Ólafsdóttir |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Margaret K McElderry Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 13 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 445g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 279mm x 10mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
An engaging blend of personal narrative and environmental education. – Kirkus Reviews
An engaging blend of personal narrative and environmental education. – Kirkus Reviews
Thickly stroked and hatched gouache and colored pencil illustrations embrace a wide palette of icy blues as well as shimmering greens and yellows; scenes consistently capture lightly sketched figures, portrayed with various skin tones, coming to the rescue of their feathered finds. It’s a sprightly portrait of cross-species care. – Publishers Weekly
Thickly stroked and hatched gouache and colored pencil illustrations embrace a wide palette of icy blues as well as shimmering greens and yellows; scenes consistently capture lightly sketched figures, portrayed with various skin tones, coming to the rescue of their feathered finds. It’s a sprightly portrait of cross-species care. – Publishers Weekly
Paeff’s narrative, supported by Ólafsdóttir’s warmhearted and intimate illustrations, seamlessly blends one fictional girl’s persistence with community activism and solid science, concluding with suggestions for further inquiry and a partial bibliography. – The Horn Book
Paeff’s narrative, supported by Ólafsdóttir’s warmhearted and intimate illustrations, seamlessly blends one fictional girl’s persistence with community activism and solid science, concluding with suggestions for further inquiry and a partial bibliography. – The Horn Book
About The Author
Colleen Paeff
Colleen Paeff is the author of The Great Stink, which was a Sibert Honor Book, a Notable Social Studies Trade Book, and a California Young Reader Medal nominee, and Firefly Song, which received two starred reviews. Fueled by English breakfast tea, a burning curiosity, and a love of research, she writes from a book-lined office in an old pink house with a view of the Hollywood sign.
Linda Ólafsdóttir is an award-winning illustrator, painter, and author working in publishing and fine art. She has been nominated for an Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award twice, and she has won numerous awards for her illustration and design work. Linda draws, paints, and writes from her backyard studio in Reykjavík, Iceland, where she lives with her husband and two kids.
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