'Electrifyingly charismatic' DAN SNOW author of On This Day in History 'The world's
best-loved bird from the world's best-known publisher - what's not to like?' STEPHEN MOSS
author of The Bird Biography series 'Simply wonderful. If you like feeling joy you'll love
this book' Tristan Gooley author of How to Read a Tree 'Beautifully written and
illustrated' MATT MERRITT Editor of Bird Watching 'Simply wonderful. If you like feeling joy
you'll love this book' Tristan Gooley author of How to Read a Tree * A charming and
beautifully illustrated book about the world's most beloved bird written by Peter Fretwell a
leading scientist at The British Antarctic Survey and illustrated by Lisa Fretwell. There's
something about penguins that makes them irresistible. Maybe it's their comical waddle their
black-and-white 'tuxedo' plumage or their apparent cheerfulness in the face of extreme weather
conditions. Whatever the reason their cult following around the globe is indisputable.
Penguins can tell us so much about the world we live in - and what the future of both our
species might look like. In The Penguin Book of Penguins leading British Antarctic scientist
Peter Fretwell introduces us to eighteen charismatic species of penguin and the fascinating
lives they lead: their evolution behaviours and habitats and their history with humans. From
the fact that emperor penguins dive twice as deep as any other bird to the story of a king
penguin called Sir Nils Olav III who was made a Major General by the Norwegian Army we
discover through fascinating first-hand encounters (and even penguin jokes and emojis!) why
penguins matter so greatly to all of us.
