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Summary: Describes the parental behavior of Emperor penguins, focusing on how the male keeps the egg warm until it hatches and how the parents care for the chick after it is born. The "Did you know?" segment follows the story and presents short facts about Emperor penguins.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Nutmeg Media 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV EMP

Summary: Before she dons the "formalwear" look of the adult penguin, this Baby Emperor Penguin puppet sports the gray feather-like plush coat of youth. Animate her head and flippers to create awkward baby penguin-like movement.

Format: three dimensional object

Publisher / Publication Date: Folkmanis 1995

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Summary: Before she dons the "formalwear" look of the adult penguin, this Baby Emperor Penguin puppet sports the gray feather-like plush coat of youth. Animate her head and flippers to create awkward baby penguin-like movement.

Format: three dimensional object

Publisher / Publication Date: Folkmanis 1995

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Puppet, Call number: PPT PEN

Summary: Happy feet: 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...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2013

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD Happy

Kooyman, Gerald L.

Summary: "The 2005 Luc Jacquet documentary March of the Penguins won an Oscar for its depiction of emperor penguins' fifty-kilometer trek over sea ice to their breeding grounds. While such a trek may be common for emperors breeding in colonies around the Antarctic perimeter, it is not the case for the largest colonies in the Ross Sea. To understand emperor penguins here, we must follow them on four...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Chicago Press 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598.47 KOO

Kunkel, Angela Burke

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Summary: Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text follow a colony of Emperor penguins as they emerge from the sea, find mates, care for their eggs, and are reunited when chicks have hatched. Includes author's note about Emperor penguins and challenges threatening the species.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Appleseed 2021

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Tatham, Betty.

Summary: An emperor penguin lays an egg on the Antarctic ice in the bitter cold, miles away from the only source of food.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2002

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LET

Santos, Rita

Summary: 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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing 2020

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Geron, Eric

Summary: "NEW series. Nonfiction, full-color photos and short blocks of text to entertain and explain and how some animals with the same name can survive in very different environments"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2022

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598.47 GER

Summary: 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...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY MAR

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD MOVIE MAR

Jacquet, Luc.

Summary: Chronicles how emperor penguins endure the coldest place on Earth to mate and hatch their young, with references to the making of the documentary film depicting their ordeal.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2006

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 598.47 JAC

Jenkins, Martin.

Summary: Describes the parental behavior of Emperor penguins, focusing on how the male keeps the egg warm until it hatches and how the parents care for the chick after it is born.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 1999

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 598.47 JEN

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 598.47 JEN

Summary: 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...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY HAP

Osborne, Mary Pope

Summary: 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2008

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598.47 OSB

Weeks, Sarah.

Summary: A young penguin and his father receive comfort from each other as they wait for the mother penguin to return from her diving.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Laura Geringer Books 2003

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Abery, Julie

Summary: With help from Mama Penguin, Little Penguin finds the courage to leave the safety of her feet to make new friends and play.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Amicus Ink, imprint of Amicus 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD ABE

Goldish, Meish.

Summary: Describes the behavior, physical characteristics, habitat, and life cycle of emperor penguins.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport 2010

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J598.476 GOL

Wood, Audrey.

Summary: A little penguin is disappointed because he is not like his father, but in time he learns self-acceptance.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2002

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WOO

Attenborough, David

Summary: Follows the lives of five endangered animals as they struggle against rivals and the forces of nature to survive.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DYN

Matthiessen, Peter.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508.989 MAT

McCrae, Lyndsay

Summary: A memoir of life with an emperor penguin colony, illustrated with 32 pages of exclusive photography. For 337 days, award-winning wildlife cameraman Lindsay McCrae intimately followed 11,000 emperor penguins amid the singular beauty of Antarctica. This is his masterful chronicle of one penguin colony's astonishing journey of life, death, and rebirth--and of the extraordinary human experience of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598.47 MCC

Molnar, Michael

Summary: Provides an overview of the life cycle of an emperor penguin, describing how it grows and changes from birth through adulthood.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Smart Apple Media 2012

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598.47 MOL

Newland, Sonya

Summary: "Read about extraordinary animal migrations by land, from the millions of red crabs that migrate at the exact same time on Christmas Island to the grueling journey of the pronghorn in North America. Interesting facts and obstacles are highlighted, and a sidebar details how humans impact each migration."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Publishing Company 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.56 NEW

Jenkins, Steve

Summary: Explores the first day of life for a variety of animals, from the emperor penguin to the Siberian tiger.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2013

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E JEN

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