A little penguin argues that home, far from being free from worries and responsibilities, is freezing, filled with natural predators, and overrun by identical penguins that make it difficult to find one's mom.

Five little penguins flee from a seal, flying through the water, and find themselves in an innocent game of tag.

Penguin and Pinecone form an unlikely friendship, even when they must live far apart.

Oliver likes finding things out, so when his mother cannot explain the gurgling in the bathtub he builds a submarine, goes down the drain, and meets a group of vacationing penguins.

Penguin learns to use good manners when asking for something.

Mr. Panda is making something, and all of his animal friends are interested--but only Penguin is willing to wait to see what it is.

Penguin misses his mother when he is left with a babysitter.

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.

Freddy's first grade class is learning all about penguins. When the class discovers some are endangered, they want to help. Can Freddy come up with a good plan to save the penguins?

Pictures and rhyming text present some of the many extraordinary things penguins can do.