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It takes a special animal to survive the subzero temperatures found at the South Pole. Emperor penguins are the largest living penguins. They use their size to help them survive in Antarctica, one of the coldest place on Earth. With the help of vibrant photographs and simple text, readers will examine how the emperor penguin's life cycle, body structure, and behaviors have adapted to its challenging environment. A follow-up activity encourages readers...
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Warner Home Video
Language
English
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In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family. This courtship will begin with a long journey - a journey that will take them hundreds of miles across the continent by foot, one by one in a single file. They will endure freezing temperatures, in brittle, icy winds and through deep, treacherous waters. They will risk starvation and attack by dangerous predators, under the harshest...
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How do penguins survive in frigid conditions? What happens at a research station in Antarctica? How long can an emperor penguin go without food? What other creatures live in the Antarctic? Find out the answers to these questions and more in the Magic Tree House Research Guide: Penguins and Antarctica.
6) Happy feet
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
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Emperor Penguins from Antarctica each express their true love with a special heartsong of their own that expresses their very being. However, the misfit Mumble cannot sing. Instead he has an extraordinary talent to tap dance with almost magical energy and expression. Nevertheless, the leadership of the colony fearfully blames the young penguin's unorthodox ways for the lean fishing that threatens them all. Defiant in the face of unjust rejection,...
9) Happy Feet
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
�2007
Language
English
Description
Emperor Penguins from Antarctica each express their true love with a special heartsong of their own that expresses their very being. However, the misfit Mumble cannot sing. Instead he has an extraordinary talent to tap dance with almost magical energy and expression. Nevertheless, the leadership of the colony fearfully blames the young penguin's unorthodox ways for the lean fishing that threatens them all. Defiant in the face of unjust rejection,...
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
When summer nears its end in Antarctica, emperor penguins bound out of the water and gather together to begin a long march. They march to their nesting ground 100 miles away. When they arrive, each penguin chooses a mate and starts a family.
11) Penguin chicks
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Bearport Pub
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
This book introduces penguin chicks, describing their physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, and upbringing.
13) The penguin
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Series
Publisher
Raintree Steck-Vaughn
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Provides an introduction to the life cycle, physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of a penguin.
15) Penguins
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Explains how Emperor penguins manage to live, eat, and raise their young in an extremely cold environment.
16) Penguins
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Series
Publisher
Heinemann Interactive Library
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
Discusses the lives of penguins, particularly Emperor penguins, describing where they live, what they eat, their mating habits and parental behavior, and more.
Publisher
National Geographic Feature Films
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family. This courtship will begin with a long journey-- a journey that will take them hundreds of miles across the continent by foot, one by one in a single file. They will endure freezing temperatures, in brittle, icy winds and through deep, treacherous waters. They will risk starvation and attack by dangerous predators, under the harshest...
19) Penguin chick
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Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
©2003
Language
English
Description
An emperor penguin lays and egg on the antarctic ice. In the bitter cold, miles away from the only source of food, how can the chick survive.
20) Emperor penguins
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Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Introduces the Emperor penguin, describing its physical characteristics, life cycle, and parenting behavior, in which both the mother and father penguin take turns raising their chick.