Penguin Island is a satirical fictional history by Nobel Prize winning French author Anatole France. It is concerned with grandnarratives, mythologizing heroes, hagiography and romantic nationalism. It is about a fictitious island, inhabited by great auks, that existed off the northern coast of Europe. The history begins when a wayward Christian missionary monk lands on the island and perceives the upright, unafraid auks as a sort of pre-Christian society of noble pagans. Mostly blind and some...
SUMMARY IN SPANISH: Pingu, un bebé pingü ino, está aprendiendo a vestirse solo. ¡ Y qué divertido es! ¿ Lo ayudas a vestirse? En la colecció n en españ ol Pasito a Pasito me hago grandecito, con nueve cuentos, los má s pequeñ os aprenderá n algunas de las cosas má s importantes que deben conocer a su edad, como la importancia de lavarse...
The Persevering Penguins and Pals
by Moorea Friedmann and Jasper Friedmann
The Polka-Dotted Penguin 企鹅小斑
by Amy Moy
From the critically acclaimed author and illustrator of A Hungry Lion and Stumpkin comes a charming, wryly humorous story of adventure, mistaken identity, and a vampire family’s day at the zoo. On a Saturday morning, baby Dracula visits the zoo with his family, where baby Penguin lives with hers. But these intrepid young adventurers are not content with staying in their proper places. Instead, baby Dracula slips into the Penguin House to spend the day eating, swimming, and hanging around, whi...
Searching for fun in his snowy polar world, Little Penguin dances with the gooney birds, cavorts at the Walrus Polar Club, and narrowly escapes being eaten by a whale.
A charming chapter-book follow-up to the international bestseller Yours Sincerely, Giraffe Professor Whale is the only whale left at Whale Point. He thinks often of the old days when his friends were all around and they competed at the Whale Point Olympics. One day, he gets a letter from Wally. The young whale has heard about the great big enormous whale who won gold for his spectacular spouting. That gets him thinking. What if there could be a new Olympics, with the sea full of whales again? I...
Unwrap a smile with this board book about a little penguin who discovers that the joy of Christmas and the love of friends are all they're stacked up to be.In Where's My Christmas Tree? a little penguin wants nothing more than to see a Christmas tree. But where will he find one in his Antarctic home? After his exhaustive search, his friends take action to help. Bringing together the pure joy of Christmas anticipation, a simple quest, and friends who will do whatever they can to make you smile, t...
A jubilant and vibrant debut picture book about a penguin trying to organise a party for it’s baby with all their friends! Comical and insightful, Horn’s illustrations perfectly capture the dilemma of trying to cater for a large group of people and to keep everyone happy. It’s that time of year again and Penguin is trying to plan a party for baby penguin. He heads to the supermarket to get some fish – everyone loves fish! But wait a second, Giraffe has text him to say he only likes leaves! So o...
Pippi the Penguin This charming tale by Catherine Veitch tells the story of Pippi, an emperor penguin who is the best at finding food for her chick, Ella. Pippi is brilliant at swimming, sliding and diving - the other penguins can barely keep up with her! But when Ella goes missing, Pippi realises that she needs the help of her colony, and it's time to share her skills. Beautifully illustrated by Jean Claude, this simple tale introduces children to a range of ocean animals.
Five Little Penguins Save Christmas (The Adventures of Five Little Penguins)