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Be Brave, Little Penguin

Giles Andreae - Orchard Books
Format: Hardcover

Little Penguin Pip-Pip would love to join in with all his friends swimming in the sea, but there's just one problem . . . he's scared of water. Can Pip-Pip overcome his fears and finally take the plunge? This irresistible story shows that sometimes all it takes is a little bit of encouragement...
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Bob and Flo

Rebecca Ashdown - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover

How two irresistible little penguins find a new friendship makes for a preschool charmer. Bob and Flo is sure to ease back-to-school jitters. Its Flos first day of preschool. She has her lunch in a bucket and a new bow - but soon her bucket disappears! Does her classmate Bob have anything...
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Bob and Flo Play Hide-and-Seek

Rebecca Ashdown - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

Penguins Bob and Flo love to play hide-and-seek with their new friend Sam at preschool. But Bob isn't very good at hiding! Every time, Flo and Sam find him right away. After several funny failed attempts, Bob finally gets the hang of the game - and then enjoys the cake his friends baked...
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Penguins Love Colors

Sarah Aspinall - Blue Sky Press
Format: Print book

Mama loves brightly colored flowers and her little penguins too! Tulip, Tiger Lily, Dandelion, Bluebell, Violet and Broccoli use red, orange, yellow, blue, purple, and green to color in their snowy world and paint a wonderful surprise for Mama. Will she know who painted what? Of course...
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Penguins Love Their ABC's

Sarah Aspinall - The Blue Sky Press
Format: Hardcover

Six of the most appealing penguins ever (featured in Sarah Aspinall's Penguins Love Colors, 2016) set off on an exciting Alphabet Hunt, a fun adventure where Mama has hidden all the alphabet letters in the snow. Each letter is marked by a clue (an "apple" leads to "a")...
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Penguins, Penguins, Everywhere!

Bob Barner - Chronicle Books; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

Penguins sliding on their tummies and swimming in the sea! Penguins cuddling for warmth and hiding in the shade! A wide variety of these irresistibly charming animalsfrom climates warm and colddanceacross the pages of Penguins, Penguins, Everywhere! Award-winning author and artist Bob Barner...
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Little Penguin and the Lollipop

TADGH BENTLEY - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover

Full of funny faces, underwater friends, and razzle dazzle seaweed lollipops, here comes the hilarious and charming sequel to Little Penguin Gets the Hiccups! Perfect for fans of Dragons Love Tacos and The Monster at the End of This Book.Little Penguin has a problem ... his friend Kenneth...
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Little Penguin Gets the Hiccups

Tadgh Bentley - Balzer + Bray
Format: Print book

From debut author-illustrator Tadgh Bentley, Little Penguin Gets the Hiccups is a sweetly hilarious tale of icebergs, chili, and playful surprises that puts its reader at the very center of the story! Perfect for fans of Dragons Love Tacos, Not a Box, and The Monster at the End of This...
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Little Penguin Stays Awake

TADGH BENTLEY - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover

A charming companion to Little Penguin Gets the Hiccups and Little Penguin and the Lollipop, Little Penguin Stays Awake is a funny bedtime tale that invites the reader to jump in and play along.Little Penguin has one wish - he wants to fly just like all the other birds!All he has to do is wish...
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Melvin the Luckiest Monkey

Claudia Boldt - Tate
Format: Book

  Melvin is certain he’s the unluckiest monkey in the world. He’s run out of bananas, thinks he has a terrible disease, and decides nobody can help, not even his best friend, Pete. What ensues is a tale of true friendship, devotion, and the importance of making your own luck....
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Love, Mama

JEANETTE BRADLEY - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover

With a heartwarming story and tender illustrations, Jeanette Bradley's debut picture book Love, Mama is perfect for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, and any day when a child needs a reminder of the strength of a mother's love.When Mama leaves her young penguin Kipling, he knows she'll...
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Polar Opposites

Erik Brooks - Two Lions
Format: Hardcover

Alex is a BIG polar bear. Zina is a tiny penguin. Alex lives in the Arctic. Zina lives in the Antarctic. Alex and Zina are polar opposites! They live on opposite sides of the world. Their personalities are very different, too. But they find a way to meet in the middle. Erik Brooks’s...
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Where Is My Butt?

Donald Budge - Sterling Children's Books
Format: Print book

Do you know where your butt is? Morty the penguin has no idea! He's pretty sure he has one, but where IS it? So he does what any reasonable penguin would do: ask. But no one in the South Pole can help - not the other penguins, not the polar bear who shouldn't be there, and definitely...
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Penguins Can't Fly: Two Friends Become TRUE Friends!

Richard Byrne - Barron's Educational Series

This delightful color illustrated book tells the story of two baby birds who become friends: Gregory the gull and Hudson the penguin. As they grow, they do everything together--until the time comes for Gregory to fly. Hudson tries to fly along with his gull friend, only to find out that...
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The Penguin Lady

Carol A. Cole - Sylvan Dell Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Penelope Parker lives with penguins! Short ones, tall ones; young and old the penguins are from all over the Southern Hemisphere including some that live near the equator! Do the penguin antics prove too much for her to handle? Children count and then compare and contrast ten different...
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Please Say Please! Penguin's Guide to Manners

Margery Cuyler - Scholastic Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Penguins boisterous young animal friends play together in silly, then safe ways in this companion to PLEASE SAY PLEASE!Penguin and his rambunctious young friends are off to the playground, running so fast that they knock each other down. Is that right? No, thats wrong! They should walk...
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I Am Small

Emma Dodd - Cartwheel Books; First American Edition First Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

Cuddle up with your little penguin this winter!"The world is big and I am small."From the eyes of a baby penguin the world is a great big place. The sky so high, the ocean so deep, and the mountains so steep--all these things are magnificent from it's point of view. But in the eyes...
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Penguin Pairs: Counting by 2s

Amanda F Doering - Magic Wagon
Format: Print book

Animals make perfect counting company! The simple language teaches young readers mathematical terms and counting concepts. Learn to count by 2s up to twenty with the Penguin Pairs book in this adorable series that counts the critters. Special thanks to content consultants Paula J. Maida,...
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Penguin

Polly Dunbar - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

A quirky new tale from a rising talent — in which a bossy little boy receives a surprising comeuppance.When Ben rips open his present, he finds a penguin inside. "Hello, Penguin!" he says. "What shall we play?" But Penguin says nothing. Even when Ben tickles its belly,...
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Ping and Pong the Penguins

Sylviane Gangloff - Abbeville Kids
Format: Hardcover

What happens when a storybook character encounters the illustrator who drew him - and talks back? In this imaginative series, four animals engage with the illustrator's hand in amusing - and sometimes infuriating! - ways. These interactive stories, featuring bold graphics that will...
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No Ghost Under My Bed

Guido Van Genechten - Clavis
Format: Hardcover

Translation of: (G) een spook under mijn bed.
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Turtle's Penguin Day

Valeri Gorbachev - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book

TURTLE IS SO excited by the book about penguins that his dad reads him at bedtime that he decides he wants to be a penguin. So the next morning, he creates a penguin costume, grabs his book, and heads for the schoolbus. His kindergarten classmates are thrilled. They all want to be penguins...
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Baby Penguins Love their Mama

Melissa Guion - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day . . . or any day!When you're a mama penguin with lots (and lots) of little ones to take care of, the days can melt together in a blur. Monday: swimming lessons. Tuesday: sliding. Wednesday: waddling. And on and on. Mama loves her babies...
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Penguin in Peril

Helen Hancocks - Templar
Format: Hardcover

Three hungry cats. One little penguin. The odds don’t look good.With bare cupboards and hungry bellies, three cats steal a penguin to catch them fish. A hilarious sequence of events unfolds as the penguin makes his escape, gets mistaken for a nun and a waiter, then finds his way safely...
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Blue Penguin

Petr Horacek - Candlewick Press
Format: Print book

A moving fable about friendship and belonging from award-winning illustrator Petr Horcek.Far away, near the South Pole, a blue penguin is born. It is not something you see every day. "I feel like a penguin," says Blue Penguin. "But you're not like us," the others tell...
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Flora and the Penguin

Molly Schaar Idle - Chronicle Books LLC
Format: Print book

Having mastered ballet in Flora and the Flamingo, Flora takes to the ice and forms an unexpected friendship with a penguin. Twirling, leaping, spinning, and gliding, on skates and flippers, the duo mirror each other's graceful dance above and below the ice. But when Flora gives the penguin...
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Lost and Found

Oliver Jeffers - Philomel
Format: Hardcover

What is a boy to do when a lost penguin shows up at his door? Find out where it comes from, of course, and return it. But the journey to the South Pole is long and difficult in the boy’s rowboat. There are storms to brave and deep, dark nights.To pass the time, the boy tells the penguin...
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Up and Down

Oliver Jeffers - Philomel Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

From the illustrator of the 1 smash hit The Day the Crayons Quit comes a humorous, resonant tale about the value of shared experiences.A penguin has wings for a reason . . . doesnt he Having a best friend with his own airplane is one thing, but actually experiencing what it feels like to fly by himself...
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Penguin Problems

Jory John - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

An Amazon Best Children's Book of the Year selection "Well-paced, bursting with humor, and charmingly misanthropic."-- Kirkus Reviews starred reviewA penguin levels with human readers about what penguin life is really like--and it isn't all fun and games. A hilarious first...
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Where Is Fuzzy Penguin? A Touch, Feel, Look, and Find Book!

Yayo Kawamura - Cartwheel Books
Format: Board book

Search and feel your way through the South Pole to spot one very Fuzzy Penguin!Whos that Fuzzy Penguin? Shes happy as a seal. Can you spot her over there? Search and feel!There are many, many, many penguins in the South Pole, but theres only one Fuzzy! Can you spot her? Search and feel...
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Penguin's Hidden Talent

Alex Latimer - Peachtree Publishers
Format: Hardcover

All of Penguin s friends are excited about the upcoming talent show, but Penguin can t seem to figure out what his talent is. He tries juggling appliances with Bear, doing magic tricks with Rabbit, and burping the alphabet with Fox, but he doesn t seem to be good at any of it. Stuck behind...
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Ella and Penguin Stick Together

Megan Maynor - Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2016.
Format: Print book

Sometimes all you need is a good friend to help you be brave.Ella has a surprise for Penguin - glow-in-the-dark stickers! But to see the stickers glow, Ella and Penguin must be in the dark. And the dark is so . . . dark! If only they could see the stickers glow in the light - but that won't...
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Penguins

Liz Pichon - Orchard Books
Format: Print book

If you love penguins you will love Penguins!Penguins do the same thing every day. They swim, eat fish, sleep standing up, look at people, and look at more people. It's an ordinary day at the zoo until a little girl drops something into the penguin pen...see extended summary
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A Penguin Story

Antoinette Portis - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Edna the penguin only knows the three colors that surround her white ice, black night, and blue sea. She is convinced there is something more out there. So she sets out on a questa quest for color. When she finally finds what shes been looking for, its everything she hoped for and more....
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Waddle! Waddle!

James Proimos - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

A penguin waddles along, searching for the dancing friend he met yesterday, while encountering other penguins, and a hungry seal on the way.
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Archie the Daredevil Penguin

Andy Rash - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Gadzooks! Archie the Daredevil Penguin is hiding a dark secret: he's afraid of the water and the creatures who lurk in the briny deep! And it's keeping him from attending the fish fry on Iceberg Nine.But penguins aren't supposed to be afraid of water, especially not daredevil penguins....
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Whiteblack the Penguin Sees the World

H. A. Rey - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Whiteblack the Penguin is worried. He has run out of stories for his radio show, a dire situation for the Chief Storyteller of Penguinland. So Whiteblack decides to travel in search of new tales to share. The result is a journey that spans the globe and not only introduces the precocious...
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Pink!

Lynne Rickards - Chicken House
Format: Hardcover

What's a penguin to do when he turns a really rosy hue? Ends up friendship's not just black and white: Being hot pink is pretty cool!When Patrick wakes up one day to find he has inexplicably turned bright pink, he sees red: "Whoever heard of a pink penguin?" he cries....
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Sergio Makes a Splash

Edel Rodriguez - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Sergio is a penguin. He loves fish, soccer, and water. He loves drinking water, bathing in water, spraying water, just about anything with water! But he has one big problem; he cant swim. So when his class takes a field trip to the ocean, Sergio must decide whether he should face his fear...
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Sergio Saves the Game

Edel Rodriguez - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Book

Sergio's a soccer star... in his dreams. He can't even kick the ball! So Sergio decides to try playing another position--goalie! He isn't so good at first, but with hard work and practice, he's ready for the game against the big, bad Seagulls. Will Sergio become a true star?This...
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Tony Baloney

Pam Munoz Ryan - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling author Pam Muoz Ryan and virtuosic new talent Edwin Fotheringham show off their funny sides as they introduce the mischievous, lovable, utterly relatable Tony Baloney!Tony Baloney is a macaroni penguin. He loves fish tacos, Little Green Walrus Guys, his stuffed animal, Dandelion,...
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Little Penguins

Cynthia Rylant - Schwartz & Wade
Format: Hardcover

Newbery Medal-winning author Cynthia Rylant and Caldecott Honor-winning, bestselling illustrator Christian Robinson pair up to tell this wintry story about five little penguins enjoying a snowy day. Snowflakes? Many snowflakes. Winter is coming. So begins this ever-so-simple story....
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Harriet Gets Carried Away

Jessie Sima - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From the author and illustrator of the bestselling Not Quite Narwhal comes a sweet and funny story about remembering where you belong, no matter how far you roam, or what you're wearing when you get there.Harriet loves costumes. She wears them to the dentist, to the supermarket,...
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Storytime: Not-So-Brave Penguin

Steve Smallman - QEB Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Posy the penguin is scared of many things - snowstorms, loud noises, the dark - but when her adventurous friend Percy is missing, Posy plucks up the courage to overcome her fears and goes on an excursion to find him. After an intrepid journey, Posy finds an injured Percy in a dark cave....
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The Pirate and the Penguin

Patricia Storms - Owlkids Books
Format: Hardcover

The Pirate and the Penguin is a droll modern take on Mark Twain’s classic children's tale The Prince and the Pauper. Penguin has had it with the South Pole. He’s bored with the ice, bored with the fish, and bored with the communal escapades of his feathered fraternity. A free...
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Penguins Don't Wear Sweaters!

Marikka Tamura - Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover

This uplifting, charmingly told story, tells what happens when well-meaning humans knit sweaters for penguins who've encountered an oil spill. You may have seen the cute pictures of penguins wearing sweaters--but did you know why they were wearing them? Debut author Marikka Tamura answers...
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Baby Penguin Slips and Slides

Michael Teitelbaum - Treasure Bay, Inc.
Format: Print book

Photo Adventure books include interactive text and fun facts about baby animals. This series is a non-fiction / fiction hybrid, blending a fictional adventure with fun facts and featuring spectacular photography of the baby animals in their natural habitat. Baby Penguin Slips and Slides:...
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Penguin Cha-Cha

Kristi Valiant - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Follow a determined girl named Julia as she tries to join in the fun of a mischevious group of dancing penguins. Set in The Romping Chomping Park and Zoo, author/illustrator Kristi Valiant creates a vibrant, funny, and spirited picture book that will leave young readers shaking their very...
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Augustine

Melanie Watt - Kids Can Press
Format: Hardcover

Moving all the way from the South Pole to the North Pole isn't easy for the young penguin Augustine. Uprooted from her home, she misses her friends, her grandma and grandpa and her old bedroom. There are all kinds of unfamiliar faces at the North Pole, and everything looks strange and different....
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What's in the Egg, Little Pip?

Karma Wilson - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover

A new egg has just arrived, and Little Pip's parents are so excited! They tell Pip that this new change will soon make their family "just right"--but Little Pip isn't so sure. She thinks their family is already just right, and a boring old egg certainly can't make...
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The Little Penguin

A J Wood - Penguin
Format: Hardcover

As a fluffy and furry baby Emperor penguin, he doesn't understand why he doesn't look like his father, but with some reassuring words from his mother and a little bit of time, the feathers fall off and he soon transforms into the magnificent creature he always wanted to be.
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Penguin and Pinecone

Salina Yoon - Walker & Co.
Format: Book

When Penguin finds a lost pinecone one day, an unlikely friendship blooms. But Grandpa reminds Penguin that pinecones can't live in the snow-they belong in the warm forest far away. Though he will miss his friend, Penguin returns Pinecone to his home, dreaming of the day they can reunite....
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Penguin and Pumpkin

Salina Yoon - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Book

When Penguin and Bootsy plan a field trip in search of Fall, Penguin's little brother, Pumpkin, wants to come. Pumpkin is heartbroken to find out he's too little to go, and when Penguin tries to say good-bye, his brother is nowhere to be found! At the farm, all the pumpkins Penguin sees...
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Penguin in Love

Salina Yoon - Walker Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

One day, Penguin was looking for love, But instead he found . . .A mitten. When Penguin finds a lost mitten on the ice one day, he wonders who it belongs to--after all, every mitten has a mate! Prolific author/illustrator Salina Yoon's spare text and bright, energetic illustrations...
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Penguin on Vacation

Salina Yoon - Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Format: Hardcover

Penguin is tired of the snow and cold-so he decides to visit the beach! But when his favorite activities like skiing and skating don't work so well on sand, can a new friend help Penguin learn how to have fun in the sun? Seasoned illustrator Salina Yoon's charming text and bright, energetic...
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Penguin's Big Adventure

Salina Yoon - Bloomsbury, 2015.
Format: Print book

Penguin embarks on his next journey-becoming the first penguin to explore the North Pole! Along the way, he says hello to all of his old friends. But when he finally reaches his destination, he realizes he's all alone in a strange, foreign place.... How will Penguin overcome his fears of the unknown...
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Nonfiction

Penguins: Level Four

Susanna Davidson - Usborne Pub Ltd
Format: Book

This work contains two new titles in the fantastic "First Reading" series, aimed at children who are beginning to read. It offers information to readers telling young readers all about the fascinating worlds of frogs and bugs. Luxurious hardback editions foster pride in book ownership...
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Penguin

DK Publishing - DK Preschool; Act Stk edition
Format: Book

A photographic paperback series designed to introduce the fascinating world of animals and how they develop. Appealing step-by-step photography allows children to see a butterfly emerge from its cocoon and spread its wings, or see what happens when an egg hatches and a chick emerges....
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Penguins (Animals, Animals)

Judith Jango-Cohen - Marshall Cavendish Children's Books
Format: Library Binding

Grade 3-5-These fact-filled books will delight readers. Jango-Cohen covers the featured animals' discovery, how they were given their scientific name, their habitat, food consumption, mating, variety of species, and survival in nature. Both good and bad human interactions are explained...
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The Emperor's Egg

Martin Jenkins - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Fabulous facts about nature's most devoted dad, in an utterly charming picture book.Can you imagine spending the winter outdoors in Antarctica without anything at all to eat? That's just what the male Emperor penguin does. While his mate is off swimming in the ocean and catching...
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20 Fun Facts about Penguins

Heather Moore Niver - Gareth Stevens Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Book

Book annotation not available for this title.Title: 20 Fun Facts About PenguinsAuthor: Niver, Heather MoorePublisher: Gareth Stevens PubPublication Date: 2012/01/01Number of Pages: 32Binding Type: LIBRARYLibrary of Congress: 2011036006
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Penguin Chick

Betty Tatham - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

An emperor penguin lays an egg on the Antarctic ice. In the bitter cold, miles away from the only source of food, how can the chick survive?
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