Review by Booklist Review
It's fall in Antarctica. An emperor penguin lays an egg and passes it to her mate, who keeps it safe and warm for two months, until she returns to feed the hatching chick. The parents continue to hunt in the ocean and regurgitate food for their growing penguin. In summer, the fledgling learns to swim and forage for herself. By fall, she's an adult. A typical page in this large-format book includes a color photo accompanied by a line or a paragraph of text. Vetted by the American Museum of Natural History's ornithology collections manager, the narrative text provides an appealing structure for basic facts about penguins and the stages in their life cycle. The level of information provided is on target for young penguin-lovers but, as often happens in illustrated penguin books, the color photos steal the show. Drawn from many sources, they offer views of penguins standing or waddling on land, tobogganing down icy hills, and swimming in the ocean. An attractive penguin book for children in the primary grades.--Phelan, Carolyn Copyright 2018 Booklist
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Review by School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 1-Richmond collaborates with American Museum of Natural History ornithology expert Paul Sweet to offer this charming factual story about how emperor penguins hatch and grow to maturity. Illustrated with large, stunning photos, the explanatory text is clearly aligned with each relevant image. Readers will delight at the chick's first steps and gape at the mother regurgitating food. Designed for young children, the vocabulary is appropriately challenging, especially for classes who will use the book as a read-aloud. VERDICT While there are several options for this age group studying penguins, there may never be enough-this is an easy purchase where budgets allow.-Dorcas Hand, formerly at Annunciation Orthodox School, Houston © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Horn Book Review
A year in the life of a newly hatched emperor penguin is described in engaging present-tense text. As the chick grows into an independent year-old adult, the straightforward text explains penguins' food, habitat, skills, adaptations, and threats from global warming. Numerous large, up-close photos of penguins in action help document the penguin's early life and add to the book's appeal for elementary-age animal lovers. (c) Copyright 2019. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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