Tom's Guardian Angel
Chirantan Basu
eBook
The setting for this story is Antarctica, the coldest and driest place on earth. It is so cold that penguins and a handful of other hardy creatures dare to live here. Of these, only Emperor penguins choose the long harsh winter to raise their babies. Told in picture book and storybook formats, "Tom's Guardian Angel" is the story of Tom, a baby Emperor penguin, who goes missing during a blizzard. Alone and frightened, he spots an angelic face in the sky, who comforts and guides him home.Tom notices how sad she looks, this face in the sky he calls SkyAngel. He asks her why but, at first, she does not tell him. Then his family pesters her and, eventually, she explains why: It is her birthday and she is all alone.Tom wants to make her happy, as do her parents and the other penguins in the colony. So, they sing Happy Birthday to her…and finally, SkyAngel smiles and lights up the world.This is the story of an unusual friendship in the most forbidding place on earth.