Penguin in Peril

Penguin in Peril
Author: Helen Hancocks
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-07
Genre: Cats
ISBN: 9781800783669

A visually unique and hilarious story of three cats, a penguin, crime and punishment.

The Great Penguin Rescue

The Great Penguin Rescue
Author: Sandra Markle
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2018
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1512413151

African Penguins are in trouble, and many people are trying to help. Scientists and volunteers are working together in South Africa to create a hopeful future for these birds, one fluffy chick at a time. Full color.

Paddles the Flying Penguin

Paddles the Flying Penguin
Author: Kirk A. Hackenberg
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2004
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1412012929

This book is about.... the "growing up" adventures of a little penguin named Paddles. His life's ambition is to fly but everyone knows penguins can't fly! Paddles never gives up and enlists the help of his friends Spout and Pluma to overcome this great challenge. In the course of life he learns lessons about friendship, danger, and perseverance. He learns that with the end of each adventure there is a new beginning.

A Penguin's World

A Penguin's World
Author: Patricia Gleichauf
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2022-11-14
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

Did you know that there are 17 types of penguins in the world and only seven types live in Antarctica? This and other facts about these charming birds are what draws children to Patricia Gleichauf's books about endangered sea creatures. This is the 6th and final book in her award winning Under the Sea series. Beautifully illustrated, A Penguin's World is sure to delight children of all ages. Ten types of penguins are endangered, vulnerable or threatened. Reasons for this include global warming and contamination of our oceans with trash and plastics. Proper disposal of trash, recycling of plastics, and turning off lights when leaving a room are simple ways we can be good stewards for penguins.

Fuel for Thought

Fuel for Thought
Author: Steve Metz
Publisher: NSTA Press
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2011
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1936959933

The concept of energy is central to all the science disciplines, seamlessly connecting science, technology, and mathematics. For high school and upper middle school teachers, this compendium comprises inquiry-based activities, lesson plans, and case studies designed to help teach increased awareness of energy, environmental concepts, and the related issues.

Peril in Patagonia

Peril in Patagonia
Author: Emily Cary
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2009-12-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1440195951

American biologist Samantha D. Foster, better known as Sam, is headed to the Chubut Province of Patagonia to study the health of the native penguins at Punta Tombo. Her fellow passengers include Welsh tourists headed to the local Eisteddfod, an accountant seeking his runaway wife and daughter, and Arch Stuart, an amateur astronomer whose nocturnal movements begin to occupy more than her passing interest. Local naturalist Gustavo Evans and his assistant, Alejandro Lpez, agree to host Sam and she is quickly impressed by their determination to maintain their age-old culture despite intrusion by the contemporary world. Still, she is unable to shake her suspicions that something does not seem right. Satisfied eventually of astronomer Stuarts sincerity and propelled by anger after a penguin on the preserve dies suddenly, a man is mauled by elephant seals, and there are several mysterious sightings at sea, Sam enlists Stuarts help to figure out who or what is responsible for the tragedies. At a critical moment, Sam becomes aware of an international threat to all culturesno matter how isolatedand discovers Stuarts shocking true mission.

Penguin-pedia

Penguin-pedia
Author: David Salomon
Publisher: David Salomon
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2011
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1612540155

An exhaustive resource for academics and amateur penguin-o-philes alike, Penguin-Pedia carefully analyzes the behavior, habitat, reproduction, feeding habits, and population levels of sixteen species of penguin, including the King, Humboldt, Magellanic, Chinstrap, Gentoo, Fiordland, and more. Each chapter is carefully organized with reports and detailed measurements and weights of penguins from various colonies and nests. An extensive bibliography will direct students of the penguin to scholarly books and journals, dozens of full-color photographs of penguins in their natural habitat, and a full directory of penguin-exhibiting zoos from around the world complete this source of all things penguin.