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Author
Series
Flight school volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Even though his penguin friends would rather swim, Penguin dreams of flying.
Author
Publisher
Templar Books, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
With bare cupboards and hungry bellies, three cats steal a penguin to catch them fish. A hilarious sequence of events unfolds as the penguin makes his escape, gets mistaken for a nun and a waiter, then finds his way safely home. Meanwhile, the cats are caught for their crime and sent to jail {u2014} for a lifetime of gruel.
8) Up and down
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Even though the penguin and the boy are close friends and do many things together, the penguin decides that he wants to fly and he wants to do it on his own.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Appleseed
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text follow a colony of Emperor penguins as they emerge from the sea, find mates, care for their eggs, and are reunited when chicks have hatched. Includes author's note about Emperor penguins and challenges threatening the species.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
"Everything is black and white until six little penguins pick up their paintbrushes and change their snowy world into a colorful garden. Do you think these six little penguins will make a mess? Guess!"-- cover page 4.
"Todo es blanco y negro hasta que seis pingüinitos toman los pinceles y transforman su mundo nevado en un colorido jardín. ¿Crees que harán un desastre? ¡Adivina!"-- cover page 4.
11) Poles apart
Author
Publisher
Nosy Crow
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Everybody knows that penguins belong at the South Pole and polar bears live at the North Pole-- but what would happen if, one day, a family of picnicking penguins accidentally got lost? When the hapless Pilchard-Brown family find themselves at completely the wrong pole, they need Mr White, the friendly polar bear, to guide them all the way home ...
12) Spy penguins
Author
Series
Spy penguins volume 1
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Young penguins Jackson, also known as Secret Agent 00Zero, and his inventor-friend, Quigley, investigate who is stealing rare fish from the Rookeryville aquarium, hoping to prove themselves to the Frosty Bureau of Investigation.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The sky may be dark over icy waters, but Mommy Penguin is off to catch some fish for dinner. As Daddy and Little Penguin watch in suspense, Mommy swims, jumps, and climbs up a slippery slope, barely avoiding a plunge back into the sea. Well done! There's just one more hurdle to overcome, past some grumpy, just-awakened seals, before she returns to her anxiously waiting family. With a nod to the fascinating nature of penguin parenting, this boldly...
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Little penguin has found something. But he's not sure what it possibly cound be. Luckily, penguins are great detectives--and he and his friends are on the case! Will they be able to solve the case?
Author
Publisher
Templar Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When a little girl is given a penguin suit, she decides that living as a penguin is much more fun than just dressing as one. Penguins don't ride the bus like people do, they don't talk like people do, and they certainly don't eat fish sticks like people do. Her family tells her, "You're not actually a penguin." But she knows that she actually is. A hilarious new picture book about using your imagination -- but also knowing that sometimes your costume...
17) Vampenguin
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young vampire trades places with a penguin at the zoo for a day of mischief and fun.
18) Penguin parade
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Hip, hip, hooray—it’s a penguin parade! Who will win the Best Float vote? And does one of the penguins have a surprise trick up his sleeve?"--
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Little Penguin has a problem...his friend Kenneth is upset! And it's all because Little Penguin ate Kenneth's deliciously yummy razzle dazzle seaweed lollipop! Little Penguin's tried everything he can think of to make it up to Kenneth but nothing seems to help--not even a hug! Can YOU help him save the day?
Author
Publisher
North-South
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"At first glance, all penguins look the same. But a closer look reveals that every penguin is different. Theo is the smartest of them all, but doesn't want to show it. Felix has short wings, Sarah loves to draw more than talk, and Lena is attracted to Ida. Each penguin has worries and fears, strengths and dreams. And yet, together they form a community"--
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