The Penguin Book of Penguins
Language: English
Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Sep 2025, 2025
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Neuware -'An ode to one of the world's best-loved birds' Harper's Bazaar'The perfect book for the penguin person in your life' Daunt Books'A joy' Horatio Clare, The Spectator'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\*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. …
Seller Inventory # 9780241732069
- Title
- The Penguin Book of Penguins
- Author
- Peter Fretwell
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Sep 2025
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- Neu
- Binding
- Buch
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0241732069
- ISBN 13
- 9780241732069
- Item weight
- 326 grams
- Dimensions
- 203x136x27 mm
'An ode to one of the world’s best-loved birds' Harper’s Bazaar
'The perfect book for the penguin person in your life' Daunt Books
'A joy' Horatio Clare, The Spectator
‘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
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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.
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About the Author
DR PETER FRETWELL is an award-winning cartographer and lead scientist at the British Antarctic Survey, renowned for being a world expert in emperor penguins. He pioneered the use of satellite imagery to find and monitor polar wildlife, which led to him discovering more than half of the world’s emperor penguin colonies. He is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and has completed six field seasons in Antarctica. In 2020, he published the award-winning book Antarctic Atlas, which was a Financial Times Book of the Year.
LISA FRETWELL has been a working artist and teacher for over twenty-five years. She has exhibited her work in the Smith’s Gallery in London and in New York. She produced the line drawings and edited the book Antarctic Atlas alongside Peter.
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