Histories do not have to be long and wordy. This book is just 49 pages and has ample illustration and yet, it is an excellent history of the Penguin Book Company. All the information is there, the most notable titles form some of the images and this is an excellent starter biography of the Penguin. I am surprised that it has not been taken on by Penguin and released to a larger audience: it certainly deserves so to be. ( )