Noodles & Albie’s Birthday Surprise (hardcover 32 pages) Penguin Gift Shop

Noodles’ & Albie’s Birthday Surprise is the 2018 Mom’s Choice Gold Award winning fun follow up to Noodles & Albie.  With more penguins, more adventures, more illustrations and and just as fun!  This hardcover, 32 page, picture book is a fun penguin tale of the further adventures of Noodles and Albie on Noodles 1st birthday, and their hilarious day at Polar Kingdom (the world’s greatest undersea amusement park), as well as their surprise encounter with a mysterious lost, white bearded man in a red suit.  This charming and imaginative story is set against a backdrop of 16 beautifully intricate watercolor illustrations that help bring the story to life.  34 pages. Hardcover 10″ x 8″. ( Ages 4 – 8 ) By Eric Bennett Illustrations by Milanka Reardon. 

Here’s what they’re saying about Noodles’ & Albie’s Birthday Surprise

Noodles the penguin and his fish friend, Albie, get a chance to save Christmas in this humorous follow-up to Noodles and Albie.

Publishers Weekly

Noodles’ and Albie’s Birthday Surprise takes readers on a second adventure of two best friends that is just as wonderful as the first and with a delightful cameo the reader doesn’t see coming. Teachers and students will find much to discuss as they read this humorous, clever tale.

– Unleashing Readers ()

This is a cute story of penguins, friendship and a dash of Christmas magic, which is sure to warm even the most frozen mood.
My favorite thing about this book are the illustrations. They are lovingly drawn with just the right amount of detail to demand attention again and again. The youngest ‘readers’ will enjoy glancing through and able to see their own story come through every time.
Friendship plays a key role as Noodles and Albie enter an exciting adventure, one which is perfect for the intended audience. Even when facing trouble, the two stick together as true friends should.

Tonja Drecker (Bookworm For Kids) Bookwormforkids

This is such a cute story, I recommend it to any family.
Lydia Coker (Between the Lines and More)

Children’s books need story, information, humor and illustrations. “Noodles & Albie” puts all those factors to good use.
Tinky Weisblat (Greenfield Recorder)