Customer Reviews

The Emperor's Egg

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This nature book is wonderful as it tells of the story emperor penguin's unique habits at the kids level and in their language. At the same time there are little footnotes which answer most of the 'why' questions from the kids that arise out of the text. ( so parents appear all knowing) The illustrations are beautiful. My daughter was so enthusastic about this book the I wanted to pop on the plane to Edinburgh, Scotland and show my daughter the Emperor penguins in real life. ( I think Antartica in the middle of winter isn't an option). Nevermind, perhaps Jenkins and Chapman will write about the little blue penguins, which are in Boston, next.

I collect books specifically about the emperor penguin breeding cycle. When I choose a book, I want the emperor penguin pictures to be fairly accurate (not cartoony or wacky) as well as beautiful, vivid, elegant, etc.. And I want the writing to reflect love for the story of these penguins.

I love this book.

What a fabulous book! I laughed out loud ... and actually learned a thing or two about Emperor penguins. A great choice for Father's Day - shows the importance of dads in bringing up little ones (penguins, in this case), which is refreshing. Makes a great read aloud for one-on-one, or in group settings, with just the right language to keep preschoolers interested while teaching them about penguins.

I purchased this book for my three year old after I took him to see "March of the Penguins." He loves it! It's a really great companion for this movie as it follows the story line almost exactly. For a long time he had to carry it around the house with him everywhere - even to bed at night. This book has great illustrations. It is a little "text heavy" for his attention span - but it's easy to just skip over some of the more "science -y" parts.

I have a penguin-mad 4 yr old who can't understand why I can't go buy him the 'March of the Penguins' dvd yet. This book is a close substitute until that happens. It follows the movie pretty close without the munching and dying. He is pleased... for now. Very sweet and fun to read.

The Emperor's Egg contains many facts about the Emperor penguin. However, I found it pretty sexist! I am usually intolerant of over-the-top feminist comments, but this book had one too many digs on the mother penguin for me! I realize that the male is the one who keeps the egg safe for 2 months, but the author mentions the mother eating, getting fat, and having a nice time after leaving the egg, with the father "stuck" taking care of it. He then refers to the egg as "his" egg, not "their" egg, and talks about how miserable the father must be without food and how cold it must be, while the female is off living the life. All of this is nature. The mother does not leave the egg because she does not care. She does her part, and then she comes back. The book is good, but I did not care for many of the adjectives the author chose or the overall tone of the book. If anyone reads this book to our son, maybe it should be my husband. I can hardly stand to.

I really liked this book. I read this book with children for student teaching. I did a unit on penguins and this book was one that I chose to read to them.

My 3 year old son and I have really enjoyed this book. He loves learning about penguins and is especially facinated with the baby chick. He knows this one inside and out. Since the content is nonfiction I do not mind when he asks me to read it again and again.

This is a great book. It is entertaining and educational. This book teaches you about how the daddy penguin stays with the egg until it hatches and then takes care of the chick until the mother comes back from hunting (when it is the daddy's turn to leave) My children love this book and we have taken it to school to read to the class when each one was in Kindergarten. The Emperor Penguin puppet and baby penguin puppet make a great companion to this book.

I am a secondary literacy coach and I am always very concerned about having my daughters read nonfiction as well as fiction. These high quality books from Candlewick Press are an impressive series. The Read and Wonder books encorporate both excellent text and engaging illustrations. They are great read-aloud titles and I have used them in guest readings with my older daughter's preschool class. Next week I am going to take The Emperor's Egg with me. I know that the class will love it as much as my daughter does.