A Mother's Journey
Contributors: Alan Marks (Illustrator)
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Published: June 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781570916212
Subjects: Food; Parental behavior in animals; Children: Kindergarten; Preschool Informational Books; Juvenile Nonfiction; Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction; Juvenile literature; Emperor penguin; Birds & Birdwatching - General; Behavior; People & Places - Polar Regions; Animals - Marine Life
First sentence: In the rosy glow of the setting sun, in mid-May, when Antárcticas winter has just begun, a young female emperor penguin pushes out her egg.