Tuesday, January 26, 2010

A Mother's Journey

A Mother's Journey
by Sandra Markle
Nonfiction

This story follows a mother penguin as she lays her egg and then leaves her mate to tend it while she joins the other females as they travel for five days in search of food. She swims for days collecting fish and watching for out for dangers such as seals and hunters. The mother penguin returns home to her mate just in time for the egg's hatching.

When talking about penguins, this would be a good book to use because it shows the different roles in the community of the penguins. It also talks about the dangers that the penguins have to face such as humans and seals so you could talk about a food chain since seals eat penguins.

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