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Penguin

Title:

Penguin

Author:

Parker, Steve, 1952- author.

ISBN:

9781609925024

9781781711644

Personal Author:

Parker, Steve, 1952- author.

Physical Description:

32 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Series:

Animal diaries

Animal diaries.

General Note:

"The life and times of a young penguin"--Cover.

Includes index.

Contents:

Feeding time -- Lucky escape! -- The great march -- Pairing up -- Egg exchange -- A long winter -- Hello chick! -- Family life -- Back to the sea -- Ocean friends -- Killers! -- Taking turns -- Farewell to the ice.

Abstract:

From the perspective of an Emperor penguin, describes how these penguins spend their summers feeding and swimming in the ocean, travel long distances to the rookery where they breed, huddle together to survive the winter, and take turns caring for their young.

Subject Term:

Emperor penguin -- Juvenile literature.

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Summary

In Penguin's very own diary, young animal enthusiasts discover how he keeps warm in temperatures colder than a freezer and why he'll grow up to be the most devoted dad in the animal kingdom! Readers also meet the other creatures that Penguin shares his icy world with. The Animal Diaries series are personal accounts written by young animal diarists. Sometimes funny and always exciting, these highly entertaining firsthand accounts provide readers with an intriguing insight into the life of each animal. Each diary charts the animal's life from birth to maturity, with all the adventures that happen in between. Each book is a mixture of diary entries, informative extracts, sketches, and fact-filled animal profile cards.Animal Diaries includes:Tyrannosaurus Rex (978-1-60992-255-9) Spring 2014Spider (978-1-60992-252-8) Spring 2014Penguin (978-1-60992-502-4) Spring 2014Lion (978-1-60992-615-1) Spring 2014