Customer Reviews

Penguins

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Ok, I'll admit it, I love penguins. I loved Happy Feet (the animated movie). There is something about these human-like creatures that enthralls and this book fills in all the gaps in what I know - and didn't know! - about these marvelous birds. Of cours, like his other book (bought 4 of them for friends!) Wingtips, this book has images that really, for the 1st time, bring their world to life. The penguin scrathing his head is so human, it's frightening! If you even like penguins, you'll love them after this book. And for kids, it's just about the most useful, understandable and interesting book on birds I've ever read. I'm using it as a bedtime story book.

A large format style book that primarily consists of photographs with only relatively minimal text in comparison. This isn't a negative as the photographs are excellent. Every page has at least one near full-page sized photo, with some pages having up to two or three at most while other photos span both pages. The photo captions are brief: stating penguin type, location, and time of the year taken.

The penguin photographic coverage consists mostly of the Adelie, Rockhopper, Gentoo, African, King, and Magellanic penguins although some others are covered in much less detail. One type noticably absent is the Emperor penguin - although the Emperor is well covered in many other publications. Here though there is only one photo in the back in the species section maybe? Would possibly have rated this as a 5-star book if it was expanded to include the famous Emperor penguin in the same detail as the other penguins covered. As is though, definitely recommended.

If you're looking for a photo book detailing multiple penguin types then this is a great start.