“Packed Snow. Moon glow. Windblown. All Alone. / Empty view. Now two!” Short rhymed couplets describe the lives of a pair of emperor penguins as they move inland with their colony to their rookery, where they will lay an egg. As the father cares for the egg in the Antarctic winter, the mother heads back to open water to feed. When she returns with nourishment for her baby, she meets her newly hatched chick for the first time, and the family of three sticks together “no matter the weather.” The stunning watercolor, ink, and mixed-digital-media illustrations realistically portray the penguins in their harsh natural environment.
(Ages 2-4)