Penguin in Peril

Penguin in Peril
Author: Helen Hancocks
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-02-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0763671592

Three hungry cats. One little penguin. The odds don’t look good. With bare cupboards and hungry bellies, three cats steal a penguin to catch them fish. A hilarious sequence of events unfolds as the penguin makes his escape, gets mistaken for a nun and a waiter, then finds his way safely home. Meanwhile, the cats are caught for their crime and sent to jail — for a lifetime of gruel. Deftly told and beautifully illustrated by exciting debut author-illustrator Helen Hancocks.

A Penguin Named Patience

A Penguin Named Patience
Author: Suzanne Lewis
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2015-02-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1631886290

Patience is a South African penguin. She is small at roughly 6 pounds and approximately 20 inches tall; but at 24 years old, she is the "penguin in charge" of the penguin exhibit at New Orleans's Audubon Aquarium of the Americas. On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hits, devastating the city and surrounding areas with its catastrophic winds and flooding. The aquarium is severely damaged. With no electricity or relief in sight, the temperature in the aquarium reaches dangerously high degrees, putting the penguins in peril. Patience, and the 18 other penguins, along with some of the other zoo animals, must leave their home and their favorite human, Tom, the penguin keeper. Tom drives his penguins to Baton Rouge where an airplane transfers them to the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California. Here the penguins will recuperate and live until they can return home to New Orleans. After nine long months away from Tom and their home, the aquarium is finally restored. And Patience, who has been patient, and her penguins return to New Orleans to a cheering homecoming.

Peril in Paris

Peril in Paris
Author: Rhys Bowen
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2023-10-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 059343787X

Lady Georgiana Rannoch and her dashing husband, Darcy, are awaiting a bundle of joy, but an unexpected trip to Paris will thrust them straight into a tangled web of international intrigue in the next mystery of the New York Times bestselling Royal Spyness series from Rhys Bowen. What a delight it is to finally be able to enjoy a simple meal again! I have been in the throes of morning sickness for the last few months as Darcy and I prepare to welcome a brand-new addition to our little family. Now that I am feeling better, I have realized I am dreadfully bored! Happily, it seems that Darcy has read my mind. When I receive a letter from my glamorous best friend, Belinda, Darcy suggests we take a trip to Paris to visit her. It seems he also has a spot of business to take care of, so I will be staying in Belinda’s flat as she works feverishly on Coco Chanel’s fall collection. I happen to know Coco from a disastrous encounter in Nice years ago, and I am hoping this visit will go much more smoothly. But I soon learn that nothing about my time in Paris is going to be simple . . . or safe for that matter. Darcy has asked me to take on a small chore as a part of his latest assignment. I am to covertly retrieve something from an attendee of Coco’s show. It seems easy enough, but I discover that this little errand could have terrifying consequences for a world on the brink of war. When things go horribly wrong, I am left to find a killer all while trying to fend off a French policeman who is certain that I am a criminal mastermind. But I have no plans to deliver my darling little one in a prison cell, and so I will muster every ounce of my courage to save the day . . . and, quite possibly, the world!

Mr. Penguin and the Tomb of Doom

Mr. Penguin and the Tomb of Doom
Author: Alex T. Smith
Publisher: Holiday House
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2022-06-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1682634604

Mr. Penguin returns for another sidesplitting adventure in this abundantly illustrated detective series chock-full of silly antics and good-spirited, page-turning peril. Mr. Penguin and his kung-fu spider sidekick, Colin, are in for another wild and daring escapade! After arriving in the bustling desert town of Laghaz, their good friend Edith Hedge goes missing! Then someone strikingly familiar appears, and the Adventuring gang is snared in a web of clues that lures them right into...THE VALLEY OF PERIL: hidden crypts, cursed treasure, and nefarious figures skulking in the shadows! Could Edith's disappearance be connected with the treasure in the tombs? Will the gang be reunited to find out? And will someone please get rid of that spooky eyeball that's been following Mr. Penguin before it catches up to him? This fourth madcap mystery in the Mr. Penguin series from Alex T. Smith is sure to thrill transitional readers with quick pacing and plenty of comical, two-tone illustrations.

Yellow Peril!

Yellow Peril!
Author: John Kuo Wei Tchen
Publisher: Verso Books
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2014-02-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1781681236

From invading hordes to enemy agents, a great fear haunts the West! The “yellow peril” is one of the oldest and most pervasive racist ideas in Western culture—dating back to the birth of European colonialism during the Enlightenment. Yet while Fu Manchu looks almost quaint today, the prejudices that gave him life persist in modern culture. Yellow Peril! is the first comprehensive repository of anti-Asian images and writing, and it surveys the extent of this iniquitous form of paranoia. Written by two dedicated scholars and replete with paintings, photographs, and images drawn from pulp novels, posters, comics, theatrical productions, movies, propagandistic and pseudo-scholarly literature, and a varied world of pop culture ephemera, this is both a unique and fascinating archive and a modern analysis of this crucial historical formation.

Penguins of Madagascar

Penguins of Madagascar
Author: Titan Comics
Publisher: Titan Books (UK)
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2016-06-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9781782762539

A 4-part time-travel story involving the Penguins of Madagasar - Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private. The Penguins get involved in a time travel escapade which takes them to prehistoric times, ancient Rome and the far future!

Penguin in Peril

Penguin in Peril
Author: Helen Hancocks
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-07
Genre: Cats
ISBN: 9781800783669

A visually unique and hilarious story of three cats, a penguin, crime and punishment.

A Penguin's World

A Penguin's World
Author: Patricia Gleichauf
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2022-11-14
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

Did you know that there are 17 types of penguins in the world and only seven types live in Antarctica? This and other facts about these charming birds are what draws children to Patricia Gleichauf's books about endangered sea creatures. This is the 6th and final book in her award winning Under the Sea series. Beautifully illustrated, A Penguin's World is sure to delight children of all ages. Ten types of penguins are endangered, vulnerable or threatened. Reasons for this include global warming and contamination of our oceans with trash and plastics. Proper disposal of trash, recycling of plastics, and turning off lights when leaving a room are simple ways we can be good stewards for penguins.

Paddles the Flying Penguin

Paddles the Flying Penguin
Author: Kirk A. Hackenberg
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2004
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1412012929

This book is about.... the "growing up" adventures of a little penguin named Paddles. His life's ambition is to fly but everyone knows penguins can't fly! Paddles never gives up and enlists the help of his friends Spout and Pluma to overcome this great challenge. In the course of life he learns lessons about friendship, danger, and perseverance. He learns that with the end of each adventure there is a new beginning.