My Season With Penguins

By Sophie Webb

Experience the icy world of penguins in a two-month Antarctic adventure.

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48 pages· 7,093 words· Est. 55 min read-aloud

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Bookroo's summary

Join Sophie Webb on a two-month Antarctic journey, where she paints and observes Adélie penguins in their untouched habitat. Discover the challenges of living in a polar haven, painting in freezing weather, and encountering the powerful flipper-slaps of these adept swimmers. Through vivid watercolors and engaging journal entries, explore the expressive eyes of penguin chicks and the resilient spirit of these fearless creatures. What secrets does this icy world hold, and how does it feel to be among its true dwellers? Dive into a land untouched by humans, yet rich with life.

From the publisher

What is it like to live in a tiny polar haven for two months? To paint penguins outdoors in freezing weather? To be flipper-slapped by a bird whose wings are powerful enough to propel it swiftly through frigid waters? To look into the oddly expressive eyes of a penguin chick? With charming watercolors and intriguing journal entries, this book inspires our curiosity. Sophie Webb gives readers a vivid, frank, firsthand account of what it is like to spend a season in a land not yet affected by people, yet populated for centuries by true dwellers of the Antarctic – the fearless, round-bellied, pink-footed, gliding, diving, utterly adept Adélie penguins.