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Penguins
Many children have a fondness for penguins. Their comical walk, dapper appearance, and often humorous behavior makes penguins endearing and appealing. Below you will find reviews of books that are about real penguins, and about penguin characters who can talk, form friendships, and be heroes. If you are interested in this collection of reviews you might also like to visit the following feature:
Birds
Tacky the Penguin
Helen Lester
Illustrated by Lynn Munsinger
Board Book (Series)
Ages 2 to 4
Houghton Mifflin, 1988, 978-0-547-13344-7
My Penguin Osbert
Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Illustrated by H. B. Lewis
Picture Book
Ages 4 t0 6
Candlewick, 2004, 07631699-0
Busy Penguins
John Schindel
Photographs by Jonathan Chester
Board Book
Ages Infant to 4
Tricycle Press, 2000, 1-58246-016-7
Mr. Popper’s Penguins
Richard and Florence Atwater
Illustrated by Robert Lawson
Fiction
Ages 8 to 12
Little Brown, 1992, 0-316-05843-2
Learning to Fly
Sebastian Meschenmoser
Picture Book
Ages 4 and up
Kane/Miller, 2006, 1-929132-93-X
Barrington Bear Visits the Emperor
Keith Szafranski
Picture Book (Series)
Ages 5 to 7
Small Bear Publishing, 2007, 978-0-9801662-0-0
Penguins, Penguins, Everywhere
Bob Barner
Picture Book
Ages 3 to 6
Chronicle Books, 2007, 0-8118-5664-X
Penguin
Polly Dunbar
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Candlewick Press, 2007, 978-0-7636-3404-9
The World of Penguins
Evelyne Daigle
Illustrated by Daniel Grenier
Translated by Genevieve Wright
Non-Fiction
Ages 9 to 12
Tundra Books, 2007, 978-0-88776-799-9
Penguins! Strange and Wonderful
Laurence Pringle
Illustrated by Meryl Henderson
Non-Fiction Picture Book
Ages 6 to 8
Boyds Mills Press, 2007, 1-59078-090-6
Pink!
Lynne Rickards
Illustrated by Margaret Chamberlain
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Scholastic, 2008, 0-54508608-6
Where is home Little Pip?
Karma Wilson
Illustrate by Jane Chapman
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Simon and Schuster, 2008, 0-689-85983-X
365 Penguins
Jean-Lu Fromental
Illustrated by Joelle Jolivet
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 7
Abrams, 2006, 0-8109-4460-X
Little Penguin Finger Puppet Book
Illustrated by Klaartje can der Put
Novelty Book
Ages 1 to 3
Chronicle Books, 2008, 978-0-8118-6355-1
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