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My Season with Penguins: An Antarctic Journal
by Sophie Webb

My Season with Penguins: An Antarctic Journal Cover

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

What is it like to live in a tiny polar haven for two months? To paint penguins outdoors in freezing weather? To be flipper-slapped by a bird whose wings are powerful enough to propel it swiftly through frigid waters? To look into the oddly expressive eyes of a penguin chick?With charming watercolors and intriguing journal entries, this book inspires our curiosity. Sophie Webb gives readers a vivid, frank, firsthand account of what it is like to spend a season in a land not yet affected by people, yet populated for centuries by true dwellers of the Antarctic — the fearless, round-bellied, pink-footed, gliding, diving, utterly adept Adélie penguins.

Review:

"A compelling glimpse of life in a field camp, complete with lyrical descriptions and gritty realism." —Publishers Weekly (8/7/00)

Review:

"Science enthusiasts will enjoy this attractively illustrated look at science at work." — Kirkus Reviews (9/1/00)

Synopsis:

Webb gives readers a vivid, frank, firsthand account of what it is like to spend a season in a land not yet affected by people yet populated for centuries by true dwellers of the Antarctic: the fearless, round-bellied, pink-footed, gliding, diving, utterly adept Adelie penguins.
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About the Author

Since childhood, Sophie Webb has loved drawing birds and mammals. She has studied and painted flammulated owls in New Mexico, mockingbirds in the Galápagos, bowerbirds in Australia, and shorebirds in Alaska. Her ornithological illustrations appear in A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. She has traveled to the Antarctic three times and lives in Bolinas, California. This is her first book with Houghton Mifflin.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780395922910
Subtitle:
An Antarctic Journal
Author:
Webb, Sophie
Author:
Webb, Sophie
Illustrator:
Webb, Sophie
Author:
Webb, Sophie
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Company
Location:
Boston, Mass.
Subject:
Nature & the Natural World
Subject:
Animals - Birds
Subject:
Nature - General
Subject:
Children's 9-12 - Nature / Guide Books
Subject:
Antarctica
Subject:
Penguins
Subject:
Adelie penguin
Copyright:
2000
Edition Description:
HARDCOVER
Series Volume:
TR-02-6
Publication Date:
September 2000
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
Children/juvenile
Language:
English
Illustrations:
, Y
Pages:
48
Dimensions:
10.31x9.36x.42 in. 1.00 lbs.
Age Level:
09-12
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