March of the Penguins: The Official Children's Book - Couverture souple

Jacquet, Luc

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0792261836 ISBN 13 : 9780792261834

Editeur : National Geographic Kids, 2005

Synopsis

When summer nears its end in Antarctica, emperor penguins bound out of the water and gather together to begin a long march. They march to their nesting ground 100 miles away. When they arrive, each penguin chooses a mate and starts a family. As winter descends and the sun goes down, the penguins huddle together against the cold and wait. Finally, in the middle of the frigid winter, the females begin laying their eggs. When the eggs are laid they are gently passed to the fathers. The mothers then leave for the sea to eat and bring food back for their babies. While the mothers are away winter begins its retreat, light returns to Antarctica, and the eggs begin to hatch. The babies are hungry, so while they wait for their mothers to return, the fathers release a milky substance from their throats and feed it to their newborn chicks. Finally, the mothers return to feed their babies, and the fathers go off to the sea to feed themselves. As the weeks go by, the parents take turns going back and forth to the sea to keep their babies full. The chicks spend more time together and grow stronger each day. In December, the middle of summer, the chicks are almost grown and they are ready to head to the sea. Once they are there, they plunge into the water and go home for the very first time. They spend four years living at sea, but when the warmer days begin to cool in their fifth year, they know it is time to begin their march, start their own families, and bring new life to Antarctica.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Luc Jacquet is a French filmmaker and photographer with a strong background in the sciences. He is renowned for his nature documentaries, most notably March of the Penguins, the winner of the 2005 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. He also authored the adult and children’s companion books to the acclaimed movie.

Jérôme Maison is a director of photography and a photographer best known for his work on the Academy Award–winning film March of the Penguins. His images are featured in the adult and children’s companion books to the movie. He has also worked on several other nature documentaries, such as Topsy-Turvy Penguin.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This winning combination of vivid photographs and informative, inspiring text is the companion volume to the extraordinary surprise hit film deemed “Irresistible” by Entertainment Weekly. Timed perfectly for the holidays and the November release of the DVD!

Read the incredible, endearing story of the Emporer penguins’ yearly Antarctic odyssey and the long months of endurance, self-sacrifice and love as they raise a new generation of chicks.

From the Hardcover edition.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: National Geographic Kids
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0792261836
• ISBN 13: 9780792261834
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 32