emperor penguin

Text and illustrations introduce the natural environment, physical characteristics, and habits of the emperor penguin.

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.

Describes emperor penguins' physical characteristics, their habitat, and how adults care for their young.

Discusses the Ad?lie and emperor penguins that make their homes in Antarctica.

Examines the physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior of the emperor penguin, the only bird in the world that never needs to come ashore.

Presents a story about how the mother emperor penguin must leave her egg and travel a number of miles in order to bring back food for her new baby chick.

Describes how a penguin chick depends on its parents to survive in the Antarctic.

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.

Provides an introduction to the life cycle, physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of a penguin.