'Happy Feet: The Essential Guide' is a non-fiction book based on the movie 'Happy Feet'. The story begins when a baby Emperor Penguin called Mumble is born. All the Emperor Penguins are taught to find their life-mate through their heartsong. The only problem is that Mumble can't carry a note. He comes out of the egg a born dancer, but the other penguins urge him to stop 'the freaky thing with the feet'. When the penguins suffer a food famine, Mumble is blamed with his non-penguin ways. He sets out to find the cause of the food shortage, and embarks on a wild adventure. He meets all sorts of animals along the way, including the Adelie Penguins, leopard seals and whales until he discovers the source of the famine. This essential guide is packed with full-colour images from this delightful movie as well as fascinating facts about all the wonderful characters such as the Emperor Penguins Mumble, Gloria, Elvis, Norma Jean and Noah, and the Adelie Penguins, the Skua birds, whales and leopard seals. The essential guide also includes specially commissioned artworks and maps of Antarctica and Mumble's journey.

 

There are 50 pages in this book. This is a guide book. This book was published 2006 by Dorling Kindersley Ltd .

Glenn Dakin is a British cartoonist and children's book author who has written many successful books for DK, including Happy Feet The Essential Guide, Ice Age The Essential Guide and Pirates of the Caribbean The Essential Guide. Glenn has also written comics - including his own, semi-autobiographical comic, Abe - and for many children's TV shows such as the BBC's Shaun the Sheep. His knowledge of the Clone Wars TV series and lively, engaging writing style are sure to bring success to DK's new range of Star Wars Clone Wars reference books.