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61) Happy feet two
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
Mumble, The Master of Tap, has a problem because his tiny son, Erik, is choreo-phobic. Reluctant to dance, Erik runs away and encounters The Mighty Sven, a penguin who can fly! Mumble has no hope of competing with this charismatic new role model. But things get worse when the world is shaken by powerful forces. Erik learns of his father's "guts and grit" as Mumble brings together the penguin nations and all manner of fabulous creatures.
62) Little penguin
Author
Pub. Date
1991, c1990
Language
English
Description
Comparing herself to the larger Emperor penguins, Pip the Adelie penguin feels unhappy with her size until an encounter with a huge sperm whale puts things in a different perspective for her.
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Brilliantly attuned to the transience of nature and painfully aware of the precariousness of a polar environment facing global warming, Peter Matthiessen provides an exquisite account of his voyage through the islands surrounding Antarctica. In lyrical prose, Matthiessen describes the wildlife he encounters and the region it inhabits, along with historical information regarding the greatest pioneers and adventurers who preceded him. Matthiessen brings...
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Happy feet: Emperor Penguins from Antarctica each express their true love with a special heartsong of their own that expresses their very being. However, the misfit Mumble cannot sing. Instead he has an extraordinary talent to tap dance with almost magical energy and expression. Nevertheless, the leadership of the colony fearfully blames the young penguin's unorthodox ways for the lean fishing that threatens them all. Defiant in the face of unjust...
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Description
Apsley "Cherry" Cherry-Garrard shares his adventures as the youngest member of Robert Scott's expedition to Antarctica in the early twentieth century, during which he and Edward Wilson try to learn the evolutionary history of emperor penguins. Includes historical notes.
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