"An exploration of the life cycle and life span of penguins, using up-close photographs and step-by-step text to follow a penguin's growth process from egg to chick to mature penguin"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Penguins -- Light and dark -- Caring for eggs -- Cool chicks -- Fledgling feathers -- Underwater flying -- Molting and growing -- Time to migrate -- Penguin mates -- Crowded colony -- Daily dangers -- Penguins and humans -- Death of a penguin -- Life cycle.