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This book is about friendship and the distinctions of living in different parts of the world. A giraffe that lives in Africa meets a pelican who is a mailman. Since the giraffe is bored, she sends a letter to the first animal the pelican can find on the other side of the horizon. The letter passes on to a seal who gives it to a penguin. He reads the letter and even though he does not understand it he writes back, and becomes the giraffe's pen pal....
83) Waiting for mama
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
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"It's deep winter in the Antarctic and a little penguin baby waits in the cold and snow for its mama to return from her long journey to find food. But all the while, the baby is protected and kept warm by its papa, until Mama returns with food . . . and love."--Publisher's webpage.
84) Polar opposites
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Ambrose, a polar bear, and Zina, a penguin, are very different but they can still find ways to meet in the middle.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
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A dragon finds an abandoned egg and lovingly raises the hatchling as her own, although Little One is very different from the baby dragons, and when disaster strikes it is the small, feathered hatchling that saves the day.
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North Police volume case 002
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26 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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It is the day after Christmas and Christmastown highway is jammed with elves coming back to the North Pole after their day off, so when one of the sleighs falls through a crack in the highway ice, one of the South Police, who are penguins, comes to the rescue.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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"Owen the polar bear and Virgil the penguin both love going to school ... just in different ways. Eager Virgil likes to learn as much as he can, as quickly as possible. Owen likes to savor each moment as he counts and writes and tells stories. So when Virgil rushes Owen a bit too much one day, their friendship is suddenly on thin ice. Can Virgil exercise some patience and appreciate his friend's point of view?"--
89) Poles apart
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32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
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"Everybody knows that penguins live at the South Pole and polar bears live at the North Pole. But what would happen if, one day, an adventurous family of penguins took a wrong turn and ended up at the North Pole?"--Back cover.
When the Pilchard Brown family take a wrong turn and end up at the North Pole, Mr. White, a friendly polar bear, helps the penguin family find their way back home.
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Reggie volume 1
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79 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm.
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English
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"Reginald "Reggie" Guinn is a kid penguin who is equal parts playful, curious and cantankerous, and gets into everyday adventures at school, home, and his neighborhood"--
Reggie is just like any other penguin, always looking for fun and adventure! But Reggie's curious, playful side sometimes gets him into trouble. Like when he tries to give himself a haircut before picture day ... and ends up gluing his feathers back on his head! Or when he sneaks...
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Mr. Penguin volume 3
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282 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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Mr Penguin is boarding a luxury cruise ship. He doesn't like water, and he can't swim, but his friend Colin is performing with the Ladies Choir on board - and anyway, Mr Penguin feels like a rest after some busy Adventuring. What's more, fish finger sandwiches are apparently available twenty-four hours a day. Heaven! But despite the glamorous film stars and party atmosphere, Mr Penguin can't help but feel that something shifty is happening on board....
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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Penguin helps organize the annual talent show because he cannot identify his own gift, but when the show is over and the performers throw a party to show how much they appreciate Penguin's work, his aptitude becomes clear.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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"Penguin embarks on his next journey--becoming the first penguin to explore the North Pole! Along the way, he says hello to all of his old friends. But when he finally reaches his destination, he realizes he's all alone in a strange, foreign place. How will Penguin overcome his fears of the unknown and enjoy this new adventure?"--
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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While shopping with her two dads for supplies for her birthday party, Harriet, who is wearing a penguin costume, is carried away by a waddle of penguins and must hatch a plan in order to get herself back to the store in the city.--Provided by Publisher.
96) Golden egg
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Spy penguins volume 3
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240 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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Young penguins Jackson and Quigley, code-named Secret Agent 00Zero and Special Agent Q, compete in the Golden Egg Games while also seeking a criminal who escaped from the Frosty Bureau of Investigation.
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106 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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Español
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Three penguins are the best of friends, even though they enjoy arguing about God, but one is not there when it starts to rain and a very frazzled pigeon arrives to offer only two of them an invitation to join Noah on the Ark.
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283 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
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English
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Aspiring Professional Adventurer Mr. Penguin, his colleague, Colin the spider, and friends Edith and Gordon crash-land on a snowy mountain where they face an evil hypnotist and seek missing pets.--
"Meet Mr. Penguin: Adventurer (And Penguin)! He has a dashing hat. He has a battered satchel. He has a packed lunch of fish finger sandwiches. Now he just needs an adventure! When Mr. Penguin and Colin crash-land on a snowy mountain, they discover strange...
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