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The emperor's egg /

This is an award-winning picture book about the Emperor penguin's parenting. The Emperor penguin is the only large animal to remain on the Antarctic mainland throughout its bitterly inhospitable winter. Once the female has laid her egg, she heads back to the sea, leaving the male to incubate it...

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Main Authors: Jenkins, Martin, 1959
Group Author: Chapman, Jane, 1970
Published: Walker Books,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: 2015.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Nature storybooks ;
Subjects:
Penguins > Pictorial works > Juvenile literature
Penguins > Behavior > Pictorial works > Juvenile literature
Penguins > Life cycles > Pictorial works > Juvenile literature
Penguins
Penguins > Behavior
Penguins > Life cycles
Pingouins > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
Anglais langue > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
Children's nonfiction
Juvenile works
Pictorial works
Summary: This is an award-winning picture book about the Emperor penguin's parenting. The Emperor penguin is the only large animal to remain on the Antarctic mainland throughout its bitterly inhospitable winter. Once the female has laid her egg, she heads back to the sea, leaving the male to incubate it. He then spends two months standing on the freezing cold ice with the egg on his feet! This is his story.
Item Description: Includes index.
Carrier Form: 29 pages : colour illustrations ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9781406366990
1406366994
Index Number: QL696
CLC: Q959.7-49
Call Number: Q959.7-49/J526

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