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When you look at a penguin chick, do you see a future deep sea diver or surfer? If not, you should. The little chicks in this book share about their dreams for adulthood!
Through the bitter Antarctic winter, a father emperor penguin nurtures and broods a large egg while his partner is out at sea, feeding. When the chick hatches, mom returns from the ocean to meet her new baby for the first time and bring it a nourishing meal of regurgitated fish. So begins the life of one of the most fascinating birds on Earth! In Penguin Chicks, readers will learn the details of how these baby birds grow up in a penguin nursery among thousands of other chicks. Each little penguin grows bigger and bigger until the day when its parents no longer arrive with a meal. Then the chick must trek to the freezing ocean to look for fish and begin its adult life. The colorful interior spreads and gorgeous photos of penguin chicks are sure to delight emergent readers.
Nanu, penguin chick is facing her first winter in the harsh, icy conditions of the Antarctic. Her parents care for her and she flourishes but as the weather gets worse they must go off foraging for food, leaving Nanu alone for a while. Her parents are threatened by leopard seals and only just escape, whilst Nanu is attacked by two hungry skuas. Nanu's fiercely protective parents manage to save their chick - and see her through her first winter.
