Penguins: A First Discovery Book

by Gallimard Jeunesse

Book Overview

Introduces the Antarctic birds, with full-color illustrations showing penguins as they build a nest, protect their young, and dive into the icy waters of their homeland. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590738771
• ISBN13: 9780590738774
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.3" x 7.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Informative yet fun -- one of the best in a wonderful series

With their clever use of transparencies (which allow the pictures to evolve with one flick of a page), this has been one of my daughter's great favourites since she was 1 year old. She loves watching the penguins dive into the water (and turning over the transparency page, discovering them swimming underwater amongst the seals); other favourites include a little penguin picking rocks and carrying them over to the nest he is building; and the emperor penguins huddling together for warmth on the ice. The whole series is a wonderful way for even the youngest of readers to discover nature; one which they can continue to enjoy and learn from as they grow older.