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Title: The Total Penguin by James Gorman, Frans Lanting ISBN: 0139250417 Publisher: Prentice Hall Trade Pub. Date: 1990 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3

Rating: 3
Summary: Good photos, otherwise mediocre
Comment: This is a great book for someone who has a lot of time to read, and who is interested in penguins, but can't observe them firsthand. I love penguins, and I got this book for Christmas a few years ago. I loved the pictures immediately. But when I started to read the actual text, I didn't love it so much. The information is presented with "big words" and a professional-like vocabulary. For me, it was hard to really get into, and also to follow. True, it has a lot of information, but if you are young, like me (I was 13), then it is probably better as a strictly picture book. This book has a wonderful collection of penguin photos, of many diffent species and from many different places. They are unique, not like everyday penguin pictures that are available anywhere. It gives you a different perspective of penguins. For instance, there is a picture of a penguin getting caught by a leopard seal. Gory, yes. But it gives you a feeling of the constant dangers penguins face. (That is the only gory picture in the book.) Kids would love the pictures, but other than that, they would probably not like it. Definitely not a read-aloud book. Overall, I'm glad I have it, as a reference, but I'm also glad I didn't buy it myself.