We received this book for Christmas a few years ago and absolutely love it.  A tale of a family who receives a penguin every day for a whole year, the mystery of who is sending them, and the quandary of what to do with all those penguins.  Also a math lesson (math, you say?  You said there would be no math!).  Chunky penguins, and a Where's Waldo exercise too.   I'll let you figure that one out.  Oh, my goodness, you can even get an advent calendar of the book!
  
I'll have to consider that!
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