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In a lively first-person narrative, peppered with journal excerpts, personal observations, and anecdotes, Lynch discusses penguins' evolution, varied habitats, physical and behavioral adaptations, diet, predators, mating and nesting habits, and chick development. Accompanying the densely packed text, seventy-five color photos aptly illustrate the discussion. A labeled map depicts where the seventeen varieties of penguin live. Ind.