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The Emperor's Egg

The Emperor's Egg

by Martin Jenkins and Jane Chapman
Mixed media product
Publication Date: 12/08/2008

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Introducing READ, LISTEN, & WONDER!This vibrant book-and-CD series brings the best of our Read and Wonder nature stories to life. Each paperback title in the series includes a CD that features: * an engaging read-aloud with sound effects* a read-along opportunity guided by prompts* a segment focusing on fascinating facts Can you imagine spending the winter outdoors in Antarctica without anything to eat? That s just what the male Emperor penguin does. While his mate is off swimming and catching loads of fish, he stands around in the freezing cold with an egg on his feet for two whole months, keeping it warm and waiting for it to hatch. Welcome to the story of the world s most devoted dad!"
ISBN:
9780763638252
9780763638252
Category:
Wildlife (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Mixed media product
Publication Date:
12-08-2008
Language:
English
Publisher:
Candlewick Press (MA)
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
29
Dimensions (mm):
269x239x5mm
Weight:
0.25kg
Martin Jenkins

Martin Jenkins is the author of many groundbreaking Walker non-fiction titles, including Can We Save the Tiger? (overall winner of the SLA Information Book Award), The Emperor’s Egg (winner of The Times Junior Information Book Award) and The Story of Money.

His adaptation of Jonathan Swift's classic adventure story Gulliver’s Travels won the Kate Greenaway Medal. Martin lives in Cambridge.

Jane Chapman

Jane Chapman is the illustrator of over one hundred books for children, including Dilly Duckling by Claire Freedman and I Love My Mama by Peter Kavanagh, as well as Karma Wilson’s Bear Books series and Mortimer’s Christmas Manger.

She lives with her family in Dorset, England. 

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