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Feathered Friends

The oakum boys go for a walk and discover strange new things: Lots of different penguins, one special friend, and a very big change. Growing up can be the biggest adventure of all!

Suggested age: 4–6岁 · Reading level L2 · 16 illustrated pages

Feathered Friends — original illustrated page 1, English text included

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The oakum boys go for a walk and discover strange new things: Lots of different penguins, one special friend, and a very big change. Growing up can be the biggest adventure of all!

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Feathered Friends — original illustrated page 1, English text included
Feathered Friends
Feathered Friends — original illustrated page 2, English text included
Feathered Friends — original illustrated page 3, English text included
Feathered Friends — original illustrated page 4, English text included
We are the oakum boys. We do everything together.
Feathered Friends — original illustrated page 5, English text included
Penguins don’t fly, they swim. But we’re too young to swim. So we walk.
Feathered Friends — original illustrated page 6, English text included
One day we went for a long walk. We walked and walked. Until we saw something new.
Feathered Friends — original illustrated page 7, English text included
Feathered Friends — original illustrated page 8, English text included
He’s got something on his head!
Feathered Friends — original illustrated page 9, English text included
Feathered Friends — original illustrated page 10, English text included
You’re changing! So are you!
Feathered Friends — original illustrated page 11, English text included
Feathered Friends — original illustrated page 12, English text included
It’s not so bad! It’s not so cold!
Feathered Friends — original illustrated page 13, English text included
But who’s going to teach us to swim? I will!
Feathered Friends — original illustrated page 14, English text included
Feathered Friends — original illustrated page 15, English text included
Feathered Friends — original illustrated page 16, English text included
In this book you’ll meet king penguins, chinstrap penguins, and one lonely macaroni… as seen through the eyes of the oakum boys, which are what king penguin babies are before they grow up. All of these penguin species (and a few more) are found in Antarctica, the coldest, driest, windiest place on earth. It takes some very special qualities to survive in this harsh landscape. But if you are lucky enough to visit here, you will find that no matter how alike the penguins seem, each one is different — and all of them are special. We hope that by learning about these amazing animals, future generations will want to protect them as much as we do.

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Written by
Jacqui L’Ange
Illustrated by
Daniela Hammond
Created by
Steph Pretorius (Designer); Jacqui L’Ange (Writer); Helen Moffett (Editor); Daniela Hammond (Illustrator)

Source: Book Dash
Original: Feathered Friends from Book Dash
License: CC BY 4.0

Original illustrated spreads and embedded English story text preserved; website layout and printable PDF assembled by Little Leaf. Age, level, theme and recommendation are editorial suggestions. Web and printable layout adapted by Little Leaf. Age and reading-level suggestions are editorial. Original stories and artwork belong to their credited creators. Website narration uses the selected synthetic Voice 7.