My Season with Penguins

My Season with Penguins

Author: Sophie Webb

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2004-05-25

Total Pages: 53

ISBN-13: 0547531095

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What is it like to live in a tiny Polar Haven for two months? To look into the odd, expressive eyes of an Adélie chick? To be flipper-slapped by a bird whose wings are powerful enough to propel it swiftly through frigid waters? Sophie Webb knows, and she gives readers a frank firsthand account of what it is like to spend a season in a land not yet affected by humans, yet populated for centuries by true dwellers of the Antarctic—the fearless, round-bellied, pink-footed, waddling, diving, utterly adept Adélie penguins.


Penguins

Penguins

Author: Penelope Arlon

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 0545330246

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Introduces each of the seventeen species of penguin and discusses the habitat, diet, enemies, and life cycle of penguins.


Penguins

Penguins

Author: Carey Molter

Publisher: ABDO

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 1617585696

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Features basic facts about animals commonly found in zoos.


My Penguin Year

My Penguin Year

Author: Lindsay McCrae

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2019-11-12

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 0062971387

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A "remarkable memoir" (Nature) of life with an emperor penguin colony, gorgeously illustrated with 32 pages of exclusive photography For 337 days, award-winning wildlife cameraman Lindsay McCrae intimately followed 11,000 emperor penguins amid the singular beauty of Antarctica. This is his masterful chronicle of one penguin colony’s astonishing journey of life, death, and rebirth—and of the extraordinary human experience of living amongst them in the planet’s harshest environment. A miracle occurs each winter in Antarctica. As temperatures plummet 60° below zero and the sea around the remote southern continent freezes, emperors—the largest of all penguins—begin marching up to 100 miles over solid ice to reach their breeding grounds. They are the only animals to breed in the depths of this, the worst winter on the planet; and in an unusual role reversal, the males incubate the eggs, fasting for over 100 days to ensure they introduce their chicks safely into their new frozen world. My Penguin Year recounts McCrae's remarkable adventure to the end of the Earth. He observed every aspect of a breeding emperor's life, facing the inevitable sacrifices that came with living his childhood dream, and grappling with the personal obstacles that, being over 15,000km away from the comforts of home, almost proved too much. Out of that experience, he has written an unprecedented portrait of Antarctica’s most extraordinary residents.


Face to Face with Penguins

Face to Face with Penguins

Author: Yva Momatiuk

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1426305621

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Discusses the nesting habits, diet, family and social lives of penguins, and the current threats to their habitats.


Smithsonian Q & A: Penguins

Smithsonian Q & A: Penguins

Author: Lloyd Spencer Davis

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2007-06-26

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0060891262

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There is a whole lot more to these adorable tuxedo adorned birds than meets the eye. Penguins are remarkable creatures with fascinating behaviors. SMITHSONIAN Q & A: PENGUINS refutes common myths and reveals often–unknown facts as it answers hundreds of unusual and fascinating questions about the complex courting, breeding, and eating habits of penguins. Why can't penguins fly? Do penguins make nests like other birds? Why do penguins fast annually? Do mates remain faithful for just one season, or for a lifetime? Hundreds of full–color photographs and illustrations enhance and illustrate the text. Published in association with the Smithsonian.


Fraser's Penguins

Fraser's Penguins

Author: Fen Montaigne

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company

Published: 2010-11-09

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1429988908

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A dramatic chronicle of Antarctica's penguins that bears witness to climate changes that foreshadow our own future The towering mountains and iceberg-filled seas of the western Antarctic Peninsula have for three decades formed the backdrop of scientist Bill Fraser's study of Adélie penguins. In that time, this breathtaking region has warmed faster than any place on earth, with profound consequences for the Adélies, the classic tuxedoed penguin that is dependent on sea ice to survive. During the Antarctic spring and summer of 2005-2006, author Fen Montaigne spent five months working on Fraser's field team, and he returned with a moving tale that chronicles the beauty of the wildest place on earth, the lives of the beloved Adélies, the saga of the discovery of the Antarctic Peninsula, and the story—told through Fraser's work—of how rising temperatures are swiftly changing this part of the world. Captivated by the tale of these polar penguins and a memorable field season in Antarctica, readers will come to understand that the fundamental changes Fraser has witnessed in the Antarctic will soon affect our lives.


Penguins with People Problems

Penguins with People Problems

Author: Mary Laura Philpott

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2015-06-02

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0399173099

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Stress-eating after a breakup? Frustrated by the cost of a good cocktail? Stymied by the weirdness of abstract art? These penguins share your pain. The "random penguins" are a lineup of quirky, lovable weirdos with minds of their own. They understand the agony of social awkwardness, the power of the perfect smoky eye, and the arm- (or wing)-flapping terror of having a bee in the car. In fact, these winged characters get into the same sticky situations we all do. They are Penguins with People Problems. So meet your favorite new flightless friends. They're brutally honest (except when they're lying), comically insecure, and totally relatable.


My Penguin Osbert

My Penguin Osbert

Author: Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9780763616991

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When a boy finally gets exactly what he wants from Santa, he learns that owning a real penguin may not have been a good idea after all.


That's Not My Penguin

That's Not My Penguin

Author: Fiona Watt

Publisher: Usborne Books

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 10

ISBN-13: 9780746085509

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This delightful series of board books is aimed at very young children. The bright pictures, with their patches of different textures, are designed to develop sensory and language awareness. Babies and toddlers will love turning the pages and touching the feely patches.