

Penguins
Author: Gail Gibbons
Narrator: George Mazzoli
Unabridged: 16 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Live Oak Media
Published: 01/31/2011
Categories: Children's Nonfiction, Animals
Author: Gail Gibbons
Narrator: George Mazzoli
Unabridged: 16 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Live Oak Media
Published: 01/31/2011
Categories: Children's Nonfiction, Animals
Gail Gibbons grew up writing stories and drawing pictures to fit the words, and wishing she lived in the country. After graduating from the University of Illinois with a bachelor of fine arts degree, she became involved in television graphics. Eventually Gail became a full-time writer and moved to rural Vermont, where she could have a garden and as many pets as she wanted. Winner of the 2010 Regina Medal, Gail has written & illustrated more than 140 books. Gail and her husband, Kent Ancliffe, have a dog named Wilbur and two cats, named Miles and Davis. They live in Corinth, Vermont in a passive solar house that Gail's husband built and on an island off the coast of Maine.
Penguins is a nonfiction book written by Gail Gibbons. It has not won any awards but it teaches children all about penguins. The intended age group for this book is ags 6-8 which is second through fourth grade. This book takes you through the life of a penguin and how they are raised. This is a very......more
There are 18 different species of penguins, all living within the southern hemisphere. They all have the same body shape, but have different patterns and may have colorful patches. They are swimmers, with flippers rather than wings. Penguins are quiet unless it's mating time when the rookery is quit......more
This book is appropriate for the kindergarten to the second-grade range. This book is all about the lives of penguins and where they live and why they look the way they do. As well as other fun facts about penguins such as their height and why they gather together in a herd. I thought this book was......more