As a digital subscriber, you’ll receive unlimited access to Horn Book web exclusives and extensive archives, as well as access to our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database.
To access other site content, visit The Horn Book homepage.
To continue you need an active subscription to hbook.com.
Subscribe now to gain immediate access to everything hbook.com has to offer, as well as our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database, which contains tens of thousands of short, critical reviews of books published in the United States for young people.
Thank you for registering. To have the latest stories delivered to your inbox, select as many free newsletters as you like below.
No thanks. Return to article
24 pp.
| QEB |
September, 2012 |
LibraryISBN 978-1-60992-048-7$25.65
(4)
K-3Life Cycles series.
This book provides basic facts about penguins and their life cycle. Beginning with an overview, the text mentions other types of penguins but then focuses on emperor penguins, briefly discussing topics such as stages (egg, chick, adult), the colony, mating and fertilization, egg laying, incubation, and "the long walk." Despite choppy sentences, the book, with many attractive color photos, will draw young readers. Glos., ind.