Fantastic Penguins: An exciting, fact-filled journey through the frozen world of these flightless birds, with more than 200 pictures - Couverture souple

Taylor, Barbara

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 184322853X ISBN 13 : 9781843228530

Editeur : Armadillo Books, 2013

Synopsis

This is an exciting, fact-filled journey through the frozen world of these flightless birds, with more than 200 pictures. You can find out all about these intriguing creatures and their stunning habitat. You can discover the many different penguin varieties, from Adelie and Gentoo to Chinstrap and Macaroni. It offers an accessible information on how penguins survive and behave, such as hunting for food and raising young. It includes amazing-but-true facts and feature boxes. With over 200 images by top wildlife photographers, as well as specially commissioned illustrations, including inside-view anatomical artworks. It is an ideal reference guide for use at home or school for 8- to 12-year-olds. These delightful birds are unlike any other. They cannot fly, and on land they waddle around like clumsy little people - but in the sea they are swift and graceful swimmers. They can also leap high out of the water and some can even jump over rocks. On snow they can slide along on their fronts like toboggans. This lively guide offers a unique insight into the lives of penguins. You can learn about their amazing courtship displays and find out how they survive in freezing temperatures. This volume is a valuable resource for young natural history enthusiasts.

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À propos de l'auteur

Barbara Taylor studied environmental sciences at Southampton University before becoming a science editor and writer at LondonÆs Natural History Museum. She is now a writer and editor specialising in childrenÆs information books. Barbara has won several awards, including, for Crocodiles (in the Nature Watch series), the Key Stage 2 non-fiction category of the English Associations 4-11 awards for the best childrenÆs illustrated books of 2000. Barbara TaylorÆs published works include; Butterflies & Moths (Dorling Kindersley); Kingfisher Young Knowledge: Insects (Kingfisher); Bug Zone series (Chrysalis ChildrenÆs Books/Anova Books); Animal Close-ups series: Frogs and Snakes & Insects (Oxford University Press). She has written Spiders, Snakes, Crocodiles, Penguins, Great Apes and Elephants in the Lorenz Books Nature Watch series, and The Amazing World of Castles./

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Armadillo Books
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 184322853X
• ISBN 13: 9781843228530
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 64
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible