Baby Penguin [School & Library Binding]

A. Lang (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

On an island near Antarctica, a young king penguin lives in the middle of a busy colony. Even though he's as tall a kitchen table now, the fuzzy one-year-old is still fed every day by his parents, who have no trouble picking their own chick out of the crowd. But one day the parents stop fishing for their little one and disappear. Their youngster is on his own. The hungry penguin will have to grow up quickly now - the next meal is up to him. Did you know... there are seventeen different kinds of penguins in the world. The largest is the emperor; the king penguin is the second largest.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

When Dr. Wayne Lynch met Aubrey Lang, he was an emergency room doctor and she was a pediatric nurse. Five years after they were married, they left their jobs in medicine to work together as authors and wildlife photographers. For more than twenty years they have explored the great wilderness areas of the world - tropical rainforests, remote islands in the Arctic and Antarctic, deserts, mountains, and African grasslands.

Dr. Lynch is a popular guest lecturer and an award-winning science writer. He is the author of more than a dozen titles for children. He is also a Fellow of the internationally recognized Explorers Club, and an elected Fellow of the prestigious Arctic Institute of North America.

Ms. Lang is the author of many nature books for children. She loves to share her wildlife experiences with young readers, and has more stories to tell in the Nature Babies Series. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• School & Library Binding
• Publisher: Turtleback Books (February 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0613625935
• ISBN-13: 978-0613625937
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,580,297 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars King of the Penguins., September 10, 2004

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This review is from: Baby Penguin (School & Library Binding)

This book talks about baby penguins and how they grow up. The book focuses on king penguins because that is the breed of penguin that the author and photographer studied and observed. BABY PENGUINS is very interesting. I learned several things about penguins that I never knew before, e.g. that after several months the parent penguins abandon their children so that they can learn to swim and fish on their own. The pictures that accompany the text are very realistic and add to the books authenticity. BABY PENGUINS includes a short "Did You Know?" section at the end of the book filled with other penguin related facts. A very informative science book that especially makes a nice gift for anyone who likes penguins.