13 Picture Books to Make You Remember How Much You Love Penguins
What do you like most about penguins? The way that they waddle when they walk? The fact that can slide across the ice on their bellies? How they use their flippers to fly through the water instead of the sky? Or maybe it’s just that baby penguins look so cozy being carried on their parents’ feet. Whatever your reason is, these picture books will give you just a few more reasons to love them even more.
Penguin & Tiny Shrimp Don’t Do Bedtime! by Cate Berry
Penguin and Tiny Shrimp DO NOT have a bedtime story to share with you.
There are no soft beds or cozy covers here. There are fireworks! And shark-infested waters!!
This book will never make you sleepy. Not at all. Not even a little…
Little Penguin Gets the Hiccups by Tadgh Bentley
From debut author-illustrator Tadgh Bentley, Little Penguin Gets the Hiccups is a sweetly hilarious tale of icebergs, chili, and playful surprises that puts its reader at the very center of the story! Perfect for fans of Dragons Love Tacos, Not a Box, and The Monster at the End of This Book.
Poor Little Penguin has a major case of the . . . HIC! . . . hiccups. It all started last week on chili night. Since then he’s tried everything to get rid of them, but nothing — HIC! — works. After his friend Franklin suggests that a good scare might do the trick, Little Penguin is willing to give it a try . . . all he needs is a little help from YOU!
Can you help Little Penguin . . . HIC! . . . cure his hiccups?
Ella and Penguin: A Perfect Match by Megan Maynor
Ella and Penguin are best friends. So it only makes sense that they like all the same things. But Ella loves tutus. Penguin does not. Ella loves finger painting. Penguin does not. Oh no! They don’t match! They must not be friends after all. Then again, maybe Ella and Penguin don’t need to like all the same things to love being friends.
If You Were A Penguin by Florence Minor
In this simple, rhyming picture book, the youngest readers will learn about penguins. This is the perfect read-aloud for teachers and parents to share with young children as they imagine what life as a penguin is like!
The short text by Florence Minor pairs perfectly with the gorgeous, detailed illustrations by acclaimed illustrator Wendell Minor. Fun facts about penguins are featured at the back of the book.
Penguins by Seymour Simon
Penguins certainly are a different bird! They spend seventy-five percent of their lives in water and they can′t even fly! Penguins are classified as birds because they have feathers. Explore a penguin′s world by finding out how they can swim so fast, what they eat, and how people need to help protect their habitats.
A Penguin Story by Antoinette Portis
Edna the penguin only knows the three colors that surround her: white ice, black night, and blue sea. She is convinced there is something more out there. She sets out on a quest — a quest for color. When she finally finds what she’s been looking for, it’s everything she hoped for and more. But that doesn’t mean she will ever stop looking.
Blown Away by Rob Biddulph
Come on an unexpected journey with a fearless blue penguin in Rob Biddulph’s debut picture book, Blown Away. In this brilliantly captivating and gloriously illustrated story, a brave young penguin takes a kite flight to a tropical paradise. But in the end, he realizes that home is where his igloo is.
Without You by Sarah Weeks
Where would I be, What would I do, Without you?
While a mother penguin leaves her mate and newly laid egg to feed in the deep blue sea, the father penguin protects the egg by holding it on his feet until it hatches. In one of nature’s rare and heartwarming role reversals, father and chick stay together, braving the Antarctic winter as they wait for the mother’s return.
Penguin Chick by Betty Tatham
An emperor penguin lays an egg on the Antarctic ice. In the bitter cold, miles away from the only source of food, how can the chick survive?
Nothing Ever Happens at the South Pole by Stan and Jan Berenstain
There’s a lot going on at the South Pole! There are slippery slopes and frozen floes and wild animals all around. But when one penguin goes looking for adventure, he doesn’t see anything exciting at all going on. Could it be he’s just not looking closely enough?
Do you have a favorite penguin picture book? What title would you add to this list? Tell us in the comments!
