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1) Happy Feet
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Emperor Penguins from Antarctica each express their true love with a special heartsong of their own that expresses their very being. However, the misfit Mumble cannot sing. Instead he has an extraordinary talent to tap dance with almost magical energy and expression. Nevertheless, the leadership of the colony fearfully blames the young penguin's unorthodox ways for the lean fishing that threatens them all. Defiant in the face of unjust rejection,...
Author
Pub. Date
©2003
Description
Brilliantly attuned to the transience of nature and painfully aware of the precariousness of a polar environment facing global warming, Peter Matthiessen provides an exquisite account of his voyage through the islands surrounding Antarctica. In lyrical prose, Matthiessen describes the wildlife he encounters and the region it inhabits, along with historical information regarding the greatest pioneers and adventurers who preceded him. Matthiessen brings...
Author
Series
Tacky the penguin books volume 4
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
While awaiting a visit from the Emperor, a group of penguins fail to recognize their friend Tacky in the Emperor's clothes.
11) The penguin
Author
Description
Describes the appearance, behavior, life cycle, and enemies of the Emperor penguin.
15) Happy feet two
Pub. Date
[2012], p2011
Description
When Mumble's son Erik wants to be a singer instead of a dancer like his father, they have a falling out until a problem that threatens the entire penguin colony brings them together.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Provides a year in the life of a penguin family as the mother emperor penguin lays her egg, the father protects it and keeps it warm until it hatches, and the little baby grows big enough to go on its own for its very first swim during Antarctica's short summer.
Description
In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family. This courtship will begin with a long journey - a journey that will take them hundreds of miles across the continent by foot, one by one in a single file. They will endure freezing temperatures, in brittle, icy winds and through deep, treacherous waters. They will risk starvation and attack by dangerous predators, under the harshest...
19) Penguins
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Explains how Emperor penguins manage to live, eat, and raise their young in an extremely cold environment.--