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Penguins & Elephants / Merebeth Switzer. Elephants / Elin Kelsey.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Getting to know-- nature's childrenNew York : Scholastic, c1988Description: 48, 48 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0717266877
  • 9780717266876
Other title:
  • Elephants
Subject(s):
Contents:
Have you ever wondered: Where penguins live? -- How big the biggest penguin is? -- How small the smallest penguin is? -- Why penguins are black and white? -- Whether all penguins look alike? -- If penguins are good divers? -- How penguins can stay warm in the winter? -- If penguins ever lose their feathers? -- What penguins eat? -- If penguins are really as cuddly as they look? -- How a penguin cools off? -- Where penguins nest? -- If penguins mate for life? -- What kind of sounds penguins make? -- How a penguin's nest is made? -- What newly hatched penguins are like? -- How penguin parents raise their young? -- If penguins recognize their own chicks? -- How long a penguin chick takes to grow up?
Summary: Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and habitats of penguins and elephants.
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Books St. Thomas Becket Library Non-Fiction: Grades 3-6 J 598.44 SWI Available 5142

Includes indexes.

Have you ever wondered: Where penguins live? -- How big the biggest penguin is? -- How small the smallest penguin is? -- Why penguins are black and white? -- Whether all penguins look alike? -- If penguins are good divers? -- How penguins can stay warm in the winter? -- If penguins ever lose their feathers? -- What penguins eat? -- If penguins are really as cuddly as they look? -- How a penguin cools off? -- Where penguins nest? -- If penguins mate for life? -- What kind of sounds penguins make? -- How a penguin's nest is made? -- What newly hatched penguins are like? -- How penguin parents raise their young? -- If penguins recognize their own chicks? -- How long a penguin chick takes to grow up?

Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and habitats of penguins and elephants.

edited hb 2015-06-16