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Have you ever wondered how birds know when to fly south for the winter? This introduction to bird behavior explores how and why woodpeckers peck, how pelicans fly without flapping their wings, why birds sing, and more.

Catherine la poule est dépensière à l’excès. Elle achète tout et n’importe quoi: vêtements, meubles et gadgets en tous genres, quitte à finir criblée de dettes. Elle est la reine du « magasinage » et des cartes de crédit. À quoi bon économiser quand on sait que son temps est compté ? Ainsi, quand son heure est venue et qu’on lui demande de se confesser, Catherine n’a pas de regret, ou peut-être bien qu’un seul!

Lily Lu and her mom are in South Africa to work with a penguin scientist when an oil spill creates disaster for the local wildlife. What can Lily do to help the penguins?

There are many different kinds of penguins, but they all protect their eggs the same way. Leveled text helps young listeners learn about these birds.

Pedro the penguin looks after his egg and keeps it safe until it is ready to hatch. Leveled text brings Pedro's story to life.

Meet fascinating animals that live in polar regions, including harp seals, leopard seals, orcas, penguins, polar bears, and walruses. Which ones live at both poles? Pair this nonfiction title with its fiction companion book, The Little Penguin.

Using teamwork and keen eyesight, vultures soar thousands of feet above the ground in search of carrion to eat. Learn about the habits and life cycle of this iconic avian scavenger.

When a migrating stork gets tangled in a net in the fish ponds on Maya’s kibbutz, Maya wonders what to do. Can she and her father find a way to nurse it back to health and send it back into the wild? Set in Israel, one of the bird capitals of the world with the highest number of migrating birds anywhere, this story brings the beauty of nature in Israel to life and highlights an unusual part of Israeli life - the kibbutz.

Follow a little penguin through its day on the ice. Pair this sweet fiction story with its nonfiction companion book, Polar Animals.

African penguins waddle around nesting colonies in lower numbers than ever before. Despite South African government efforts to protect the penguin colonies and their ocean fish supply, young penguins still struggle to survive. Fuzzy chicks waiting for food in open nests may overheat in the sun or become prey. Others simply may not get enough food to survive on their own once their parents leave.