These endearing animals are shown in over 150 stunning close-up wildlife photographs and artworks, while the lively text reveals every aspect of penguin's behaviour. Find out how a penguin's body works, and discover why they waddle in an upright position but are then transformed into zooming torpedoes in the water. Special features focus on particular species, including the tall and elegant Emperor penguin and the smaller and tougher Adelie penguin. Read about their natural habitats from the North and South Poles to the Galapagos Islands; explore their cycles and senses in detail. This fabulous book will tell you what makes penguins so special.

 

 

This book features in the following series: Nature Fact Files, Nature Watch .

There are 64 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2003 by Anness Publishing .

Michael Chinery studied botany, zoology, geology and anthropology at Cambridge University, England. He has worked as an editor on a science magazine for young people, and on a British television wildlife magazine. As a freelance editor and writer her has contribute numerous articles to natural history magazines. Barbara Taylor is an experienced children's non-fiction writer. Her previous books for Watts include the Science Starters series.