What’s sillier than a penguin strapping 200 helium balloons to his belly? Meet Floyd—a flight-obsessed goof in a tuxedo—who’s done waddling. “Penguins DON’T fly? Hold my fish.” 🐧🎈

Disaster strikes: One balloon pops mid-launch, catapulting Floyd into a seagull’s nacho picnic (🚨 cheese crisis), then SPLAT—belly-flopping onto a grumpy walrus’s inflatable pool float. The art? Oliver Jeffers’ signature scribbly magic: Floyd mid-air karate kick, a “DIY Wings” blueprint (materials: soda cans, duct tape, toddler-level optimism), and his tiny best friend (human boy!) screaming “THIS VIOLATES THE LAWS OF PHYSICS” from a cliff.

Teachers, steal this: A Seattle 1st-grade class launched a “Flight Fail Week” after reading—kids built egg parachutes and debated “Could Floyd surf a drone?” Pair with The Little Engine That Could (But Really Shouldn’t) or Lost and Found (same author, double the chaos).

Parents, you’ll cackle at Floyd’s “Emergency Glide Protocol” (translation: flapping so hard his bowtie spins). Bonus: The last page hides a fold-out “Flight Log” comic—complete with seagull Yelp reviews (“1 star: Fish thief crashed my date”).

No grand speeches—just a toast to sky-high fails and the friend who brings bandaids (and ice cream). And that final splash? Floyd discovers penguins can fly… downhill. On their faces. ⛷️💥