Little Penguins

by Rebecca Johnson, Steve Parish (Photographer)

In Little Penguins, two young brothers compete with each other in everything they do. But they take it one step too far and finally have to admit they need help.

Little penguins are seabirds that cannot fly. They are the smallest of all penguins at about 40 cm tall and 1 kg in weight. Little penguins live and breed on the south coast of the Australian mainland, on the Tasmanian coastline, and on several islands south of Australia. Little penguins eat fish, squid and krill, and can be seen at dusk waddling up the beach to their burrows, often in sand dunes, where they build their nests.

24 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Rebecca Johnson is an Australian author, part-time science teacher and mother of two.

Published by Penguin, her latest series, Juliet - Nearly a Vet has received a large number of excellent reviews (see reviews) as well as individual books in the series being twice nominated for the CBCA younger readers section, winner of the Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature and nominated for the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature. This series will soon be published in Norwegian, Czech, Slovak and Portuguese.

Her best selling Steve Parish Story Book series of page-turning adventures, featuring Australian wildlife, has sold more than 3 million copies. Each book is also beautifully accompanied by full-colour photographs by award-winning photographer Steve Parish.

Rebecca also has an Insect Series published by Pascal Press with strong links to the Australian Curriculum, presenting facts and scientific knowledge in a fiction format with stunning photographs. This series won the 2014 Whitley Award for Best Educational Series.

Rebecca received the 2010 Peter Doherty Award for Excellence in Science Teaching.

Reviews

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great little moral values story with some fantastic photography of Penguins. A little story made up to go along with Penguins growing up (anthropomorphic -humanised story). A great read for kids with only a few facts on Penguins, great for introduction to Penguins, but don't expect a factbook. The actual storyline is a great moral to teach kids.

[Andy Hickman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Today I was wandering around an op shop (second-hand shop) when I saw a pile of these books about Australian animals by Rebecca Johnson and Steve Parish. I remember reading these to my toddle nephew 20 years ago. So, in the store, I read them all again 😊