Burlington Public Library

"When Mama leaves her young penguin Kipling, he knows she'll return home soon-- yet he still can't help but miss her. After all, Pillow Mama won't read, Picture Mama won't laugh, and Snow Mama is too cold to cuddle. But then Kipling receives a special delivery from Mama, including a note that reads:My love for you stretches across the wide ocean, through day and night, from earth to sky and back again. And Kipling knows that no matter where Mama is,...

Penguins are always perfectly polite. But then Polly the not-so-polite penguin decides that being polite is boring! Uh oh! A laugh-out-loud story about the importance of manners!

He only wants to fit in. How far will this penguin go to try to fit in? Spike the Penguin wishes he wasn't different. Even though his parents tell him his bright red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple mohawk is beautiful, he still wants to hide his head under his flippers. Determined to find a way to be like everyone else, the sad little guy sets out on an Antarctic adventure! Diving deep into the ocean to seek a solution, Spike tries out seashell...

Penguin Pete befriends Horatio, a mouse dwelling on a shipwreck, and finds that he has a lot to learn about life on board a ship.

Little Penguin, who has the "soul of an eagle," enrolls in flight school determined to fly. With a little help from the other shore birds he gets a chance to soar through the sky.

Describes the habits, behavior and life cycle of a number of the seventeen species of penguins, which in nature are found only south of the equator.

Describes the physical characteristics of penguins, looks at how they have adapted to life in a cold, watery environment, and discusses their different species, child-rearing behaviors, and threats to their survival.

When a little penguin is unable to get warm by himself, he turns to a friend for help.

"On her first day of preschool, penguin Flo loses her lunch bucket--and finds a funny new friend"--

Where do penguins live? What do they eat? How do penguins move on land? Written from a penguin&;s unique point of view and accompanied by stunning photographs, Discovery All Star Readers: I Am A Penguin, a Level 1 reader, answers these questions and more while helping early readers build literacy skills and a love of reading. This reader includes easy vocabulary familiar to kindergartners and first-graders, and a glossary to reinforce reading comprehension....