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Penguin Planet - Kevin Schafer

Description: ISBN 1559717459 / Author: Kevin Schafer / Genre: Sports / This volume is the result of Kevin Schafer's mission to observe and photograph ... more

Penguin Planet - Kevin Schafer ... each of the 17 species of penguins in its natural habitat. With photographs and text, the book provides a portrait of these birds. The text includes natural history titbits, discussion of why penguins are so popular, and reasons for Kevin Schafer's own obsession with trying to photograph every species.

Newest Review: ... magic and fascination of penguins, and you can tell that the making of this book has definitely been a labour of love for ... more

... him! Chapter one is entitled 'An Unlikely Bird'. This talks about the worldwide fascination about this bird and how many (myself included) love and collect all penguin products! He then traces the penguin back through history with a number of interesting facts about their evolution - for example the fact that they are descended from flying birds but abandoned their wings early on in order to make them much more successful swimming birds. He goes on to talk about the seventeen different species from ranging from the empe...more

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Penguin Planet - Kevin Schafer: A passion for Penguins! (911 words)
by - written on 17/10/07 (Very useful, 125 readings)
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Anyone who knows me knows that I absolutely adore penguins - they are such fascinating and entertaining birds - and I have a vast collection of ornaments, pictures and books dedicated to them and somewhat taking over my house! I have a number of books which are all interesting but my favourite has to be this book - 'Penguin Planet'. There are two reasons why I really enjoy this book - the interesting factual information and also the amazing photography. Penguin Planet is the work of Kevin Schafer - a wildlife photographer who set out to observe and photograph all seventeen species of penguin all in their natural habitat. (Yes, there really are seventeen types ... Read the complete review