By Martin Jenkins (author) , Jane Chapman (illustrator) Part of the Nature Storybooks series
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An award-winning picture book about the Emperor penguin's parenting.
The Emperor penguin is the only large animal to remain on the Antarctic mainland throughout its bitterly inhospitable winter. Once the female has laid her egg, she heads back to the sea, leaving the male to incubate it. He then spends two months standing on the freezing cold ice with the egg on his feet! This is his story.
Martin Jenkins is an expert at presenting complicated subjects in entertaining and accessible ways to children. He has won several awards for his work.
He was born in Surrey in 1959 but grew up in Spain, Ireland and Kent. He attended Cambridge University as a scholar. A conservation biologist by trade, Martin worked full-time for ten years for World Conservation Monitoring Centre, writing about a range of conservation issues. Since 1990 he has worked freelance for organisations such as WWF and a number of UN bodies concerned with conservation and the environment. Martin's jobs have varied greatly: "I've been an orchid-sleuth in Germany, a timber detective in Kenya and an investigator of the chameleon trade in Madagascar."
Martin lives in Cambridge and London. Martin became involved with children's books when he was asked to advise on Walker Books' Animals at Risk series. Since then he has written several titles, including Emperor's Egg , winner of the Times Junior Information Book of the Year Award and Fly Traps! Plants that Bite Back , which was shortlisted for the same award. He has also retold Gulliver's Travels , winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal, and Don Quixote .
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An award-winning picture book about the Emperor penguin's parenting. The Emperor penguin is the only large animal to remain on the Antarctic mainland throughout its bitterly inhospitable winter.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Emperor's Egg and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-6 years old
The Emperor's Egg features in the following genres: The Natural World, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 5+ readers, Recommendations
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The Emperor's Egg was written by Martin Jenkins and published by Walker Books Ltd
The Emperor's Egg has 29 pages
Yes it is part of Nature Storybooks series
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