Catalog Search Results
61) Pirate & penguin
Author
Publisher
Page Street Kids
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"What happens when a pirate, hoping for a parrot, stumbles upon a bird of a duller plumage? Pirate doesn't know that Penguin is a penguin. But any bird can sit on a shoulder and squawk 'shiver me timbers'...right? Laugh along with Pirate and Penguin in this high seas tale of mistaken identity and find out whether they'll find friendship before somebody walks the plank." --
62) 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 ...
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...
Author
Series
Tacky the penguin books volume 10
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tacky is not very helpful as Goodly, Lovely, Angel, Neatly, and Perfect plan and prepare for Halloween, turning their igloo into a haunted house and making treats, but while Tacky is finishing his costume something really frightening arrives, and only he can chase it away.
66) 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
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.
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"--
70) Blue Penguin
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Rejected by his fellow penguins because of his unusual color, minimal diving, and jumping skills, Blue Penguin begins to sing in his loneliness and wonders if he will be able to convince the others that he is one of them.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A polar bear is coming to visit! Little Penguin has never met a polar bear, but has heard that they're scary. He wonders if he should believe everything he hears.
Author
Publisher
Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Naira de Gracia's The Last Cold Place offers a dramatic, captivating window into a once-in-a-lifetime experience: a season living and working in a remote outpost in Antarctica alongside seals, penguins, and a small crew of fellow field workers. In one of the most inhospitable environments in the world (for humans, anyway), Naira follows a generation of chinstrap penguins from their parents' return to shore to build nests from pebbles until the chicks...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
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?
74) Owl and Penguin
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Despite their differences, two unlikely friends flock together like birds of a feather.
75) Penguin journey
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
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to Polar Bear Island. NO OTHERS ALLOWED!" Parker is the mayor of this peaceful, predictable island, and he wants to keep it just the way it is. But Kirby, a penguin, thinks the place is paradise, and she wants to stay. Parker says no, but the other polar bears love Kirby --and soon they're begging Parker to let Kirby (and her family) move in. Will Parker agree . . . and make the island fun for EVERYONE? With its gentle message of inclusivity,...
Author
Series
Penguin (Salina Yoon) volume 7
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Penguin does everything he can to help his new friend, an elephant named Penelope, find her family after she is left behind.
Author
Series
Ricky Ricotta volume 9
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Infuriated by the declaration that Pluto is no longer a planet, President Penguin and his penguins invade Earth and it is up to Ricky and his robot pal to defeat them--with some help from Ricky's cousin Lucy and her pets.
80) Monkey Walk
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"At the zoo with her family, a girl mopes around until she is asked to help rescue the zoo's penguins from boredom"--
Interlibrary Loan Request
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Des Moines Public Library can be requested from other libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? If the item was published recently, submit a purchase suggestion. Submit Request