Publisher's Synopsis
The hard back edition of SYDNEY AND THE SEA MONSTER was the winner of the Honor Award at the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards, 2000.Long ago, sealers hunted the cold southern oceans with harpoons and clubs. Sydney the penguin, who was an inventor, lived at a safe beach -- safe, that is, until a monstrous shadow drifted out of the mist, bristling with harpoons and cudgels. With his friend Bill the whale, Sydney devises a cunning invention to frighten away the dangerous intruders and make the beach safe once again.
