Penguins

¡Me Gustan los Animales! ~ I Like Animals!

by Julie Murray

Kids will love reading all about penguins and strengthening their reading skills. Simple text explaining what penguins look like, where they live, and what they like to eat will be alongside colorful full-bleed images. This title is complete with bolded glossary words, a picture glossary, and a More Kinds of Penguins page, which will show a few different penguin species. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Junior is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.

Genres: Nonfiction

24 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice book meant for younger readers (preschool/Kindergarten/1st). Contains large, colorful pictures, simple text, table of contents, glossary, index, and examples of types of penguins. The only thing I would have liked to see added was pronunciation guide, mostly for the Adelie penguin, since this is made for younger children who may not have heard of them before. Overall another nice addition for younger kids by Abdo.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A photographic essay with simple text to introduce young readers to penguins. The text is suitable for readaloud and the illustrations are large enough for a group too. It would be lovely for all penguin species pictured to be identified – the only flaw in the otherwise solid preschool nonfiction title. Recommended for most libraries.

[Darius Billings · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved the baby penguins and the macaroni penguins, but I didn’t know penguins could sometimes have yellow necks, or even a little yellow on their head. They look super funny and make super funny sounds.

I like that penguins can’t fly, because that makes them unique.