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K-3Little Pebble: Black and White Animals series.
A choppy but accessible text provides a handful of basic facts about penguins, with emphasis on how they move and how they stay warm. Relevant vocabulary (waddle, blubber, etc.) is defined in the text and clarified through bright, full-page photographs, which also offer plentiful resting points for new readers. Common Core critical-thinking questions are appended. Reading list. Glos., ind.