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Penguin's Way
Johanna Johnston
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Description for Penguin's Way
Hardcover. This is a delightful story of the emperor penguins that live far away on the edge of a secret sea, told in narrative form with beautiful, timeless illustrations. Illustrator(s): Weisgard, Leonard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 23 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: YBCS; YNNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 241 x 12. Weight in Grams: 392.
'All over the snow plain the penguins begin to sing. The eggs are beginning to arrive.' This is the story of the emperor penguins that live far away on the edge of a secret sea. During summer they are content with fishing, swimming and playing in the icy waters. But when the season changes, they must travel to the snowy lands around the South Pole. How will they and the newly hatched penguin chicks survive the icy winter? This is a delightful introduction to the natural world of the penguin, told in narrative form with beautiful, timeless ... Read more
'All over the snow plain the penguins begin to sing. The eggs are beginning to arrive.' This is the story of the emperor penguins that live far away on the edge of a secret sea. During summer they are content with fishing, swimming and playing in the icy waters. But when the season changes, they must travel to the snowy lands around the South Pole. How will they and the newly hatched penguin chicks survive the icy winter? This is a delightful introduction to the natural world of the penguin, told in narrative form with beautiful, timeless ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
388g
Number of Pages
48
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851244270
SKU
V9781851244270
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Johanna Johnston
Johanna Johnston was a renowned children's author based in the USA. She also wrote scripts for radio, including for the long-running children's series Let's Pretend, as well as children's stories, retellings of myths and children's history. Leonard Weisgard was an award-winning illustrator who published over 200 children's books. After studying illustration in New York he began a ... Read more
Reviews for Penguin's Way
The illustrations alone warrant this handsome new edition of Johnston and Weisgard's satisfying deep dive into the world of emperor penguins, first published in 1962. Weisgard's dappled print technique wonderfully evokes a snowy Antarctic clime, and his penguins are, true to their name, majestic. Johnston, too, found nobility in the crazy-seeming passing back and forth of eggs between parents and ... Read more