The Emperor's Egg: Read and Wonder

The Emperor's Egg: Read and Wonder
by Martin Jenkins

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Author: Martin Jenkins
Illustrator: Jane Chapman
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-08-26
ISBN: 0763618713
Number of pages: 32
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Publisher: Candlewick
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ISBN13: 9780763618711
Condition: NEW
Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Book Review: The Emperor's Egg is Great
Summary: 5 Stars

My 3 year old son and I have really enjoyed this book. He loves learning about penguins and is especially facinated with the baby chick. He knows this one inside and out. Since the content is nonfiction I do not mind when he asks me to read it again and again.

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Summary of The Emperor's Egg: Read and Wonder

Fabulous facts about nature's most devoted dad, in an utterly charming picture book.

Can you imagine spending the winter outdoors in Antarctica without anything to eat? That's just what the male Emperor penguin does. While his mate is off swimming and catching loads of fish, he stands around in the freezing cold with an egg on his feet for two whole months, keeping it warm and waiting for it to hatch. Welcome to the story of the world's most devoted dad!

Can you imagine spending a freezing cold Antarctic winter outside, with no food for miles around--maybe even a hundred miles? This is what the male emperor penguin does. After his mate has laid her egg, she takes off for the ocean where she swims about, getting plump on squid and fish, while Papa stands around keeping the egg warm for two entire months! Martin Jenkins's remarkable picture book about an extraordinary bird is sure to be an immediate favorite with children of all ages. In a compelling example of truth being stranger than fiction, he tells the story of the unusual habits of this largest of the penguin family (there are 17 kinds!). Jenkins's enthusiastic fascination for this polar phenomenon comes through loud and clear in his changeable font sizes and humorous personal asides ("So that means two whole months with an egg on your feet and no dinner! Or breakfast or lunch or snacks. I don't know about you but I'd be very, very miserable.") Jane Chapman's fantastic, realistic illustrations of the penguins will make readers chuckle, just as they would at the zoo upon seeing the real thing. Don't miss this book--it's wonderful! (Ages 4 to 9) --Emilie Coulter

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Children's Books > Ages 4-8
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