Penguins

Name: Penguins
Price: 6.95 USD
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ISBN: 9780061198588

ISBN-10: 0061198587

ISBN-13: 9780061198588

Edition: N/A

Authors: Brutus Ostling, Susanne Akesson

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What is it about penguins that makes them so lovable? Perhaps we identify with their almost-human gait on land, or their ability to survive in the harshest of climates, or their extremely social nature. Penguins is the rare book that combines a fabulous visual study of these creatures with up-to-date information on all seventeen species, from the largest (Emperor Penguin) to the tiniest (the aptly named Little Penguin). Through the text and pictures, the reader will learn all about life in their colonies, and how they live on land and sea, raise and feed their chicks, and manage their long, annual migrations. Brutus stling's amazing photography completely captures the nature of…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 2/6/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 9.50" wide x 12.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 3.234
Language: English



Preface


Penguin Distribution


Life in the Sea


Life in the Colony


Raising Chicks


Food from the Ocean


Penguin Migration


Unstable Population


An Introduction to Penguin Species


Photographer's Acknowledgments and Comments


Author's Acknowledgments and References


Travel Tips


List of Species