Provides an introduction to emperor penguins and where they live, explains what a life cycle is, follows the birth, growth, and adulthood of an emperor penguin, and discusses interactions between people and the animals.
Presents an introduction to emperor penguins, in simple text with illustrations, providing information on their physical characteristics, habitat, life cycle, and behavior.
Describes the parental behavior of Emperor penguins, focusing on how the male keeps the egg warm until it hatches and how the parents care for the chick after it is born.
A companion to the film "March of the Penguins," which describes and presents color photos of the journey of Antarctica's penguins to their nesting ground one hundred miles away, and their care for their eggs and newly hatched chicks.
a true story of disaster and survival in the Antarctic, 1910-13
Farr, Richard
2008
Re-creates the voice of Apsley "Cherry" Cherry-Garrard to provide an account of his adventures as the youngest member of Robert Scott's expedition to Antarctica in the early twentieth century, during which he and Edward Wilson try to learn the evolutionary history of emperor penguins. Includes historical notes.