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41) The second sky
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
From the moment he is hatched, Gilbert the penguin dreams of flying one day and, despite being discouraged by family members, finally finds a way to do just that.
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"Naira de Gracia's The Last Cold Place offers a dramatic, captivating window into a once-in-a-lifetime experience: a season living and working in a remote outpost in Antarctica alongside seals, penguins, and a small crew of fellow field workers. In one of the most inhospitable environments in the world (for humans, anyway), Naira follows a generation of chinstrap penguins from their parents' return to shore to build nests from pebbles until the chicks...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
Walrus and Penguin have escaped from the zoo! Will the zookeeper find them? Or will these clever runaways stay one step ahead disguised as subway riders, baseball players, and even grand opera preformers? In this mischievous, wordless picture book, join Walrus and Penguin on their breezy escapade in the big city as they find fun whereever they go.
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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 living amongst them in the planet's harshest environment. A miracle occurs each winter in Antarctica. As temperatures plummet 60 degrees below zero and the...
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (74 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Animated film about a shy young penguin and his lady love. During the penguin mating ceremony bachelor penguins present their sweethearts with a pebble. Hubie has found a perfect pebble, but his chosen lady has another admirer who casts Hubie out to sea to eliminate him as a rival. Many an adventure ensues before true love prevails.
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (62 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The adventures of Wallace and Gromit, an inventor and his dog. When Wallace creates a pair of walking techno-trousers for Gromit, things turn topsy-turvy as their fishy penguin roommate hijackes the pants and the sleeping Wallace for an off-the-wall diamond caper. It's up to Gromit to prove that he wears the pants in the family, stop the penguin from hatching the sinister plan, and rescue Wallace form a fate worse than running out of cheese.
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Series
Werepenguin volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
381 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
After receiving a clue from Omneseus the Seer, twelve-year-old werepenguin Bolt and his friends Blackburn and Annika set off to defeat "the Stranger" and free the world's penguins from his reign.
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Series
Spy penguins volume 2
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Description
Jackson, code-named Secret Agent 00Zero, and his inventor-friend, Quigley, both penguins, must prove Uncle Bryn is innocent of robbery before the Frosty Bureau of Investigation locks him away forever.
54) Owl and Penguin
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022
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Description
Despite their differences, two unlikely friends flock together like birds of a feather.
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Series
Werepenguin volume 2
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
366 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
Twelve-year-old werepenguin Bolt Waddle, washed-up pirate Blackburn, and plucky were-gull Gentoo help Annika the bandit to rescue her imprisoned father from the ruthless Earl of Sphen.
Author
Series
Werepenguin volume 1
Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
333 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"Some stories are about happy, adorable penguins who form families, learn to dance, or make friends. This is not one of those stories. All orphan Bolt Wattle has ever wanted was to find his true family. When a mysterious baron in far-off Brugaria sends for Bolt, he wonders if he's getting closer to finding his long-lost parents. But Baron Chordata appears to be a twelve-year-old boy who wears tuxedos all the time, shouts at everyone, and forbids Bolt...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approx. 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the heart of the Antarctic Peninsula there's a unique British post office surrounded by jaw-dropping scenery including 3,000 Gentoo penguins. You will see their four-month drama unfold against the backdrop of their lives primarily, cruise ships with enthusiastic tourists to photograph the penguins, and buy postcards to send to friends and family around the world from the Penguin Post Office.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
When a little girl is given a penguin suit, she decides that living as a penguin is much more fun than just dressing as one. Penguins don't ride the bus like people do, they don't talk like people do, and they certainly don't eat fish sticks like people do. Her family tells her, "You're not actually a penguin." But she knows that she actually is. A hilarious new picture book about using your imagination -- but also knowing that sometimes your costume...
60) Tony Baloney
Author
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Description
Tony, a macaroni penguin, is a middle child with very exasperating siblings, and although he never looks for trouble, it often finds him.
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