Do Penguins Like the Cold

By Huw Lewis Jones and Sam Caldwell

What it’s about?

In this entertaining and highly informative book, polar-explorer Huw Lewis Jones and nature illustrator Sam Caldwell take readers on an intrepid field trip to Antarctica and beyond to discover the secret life of penguins.

Journeying throughout the Southern Hemisphere to incredible locations including Argentina, Australia, Chile, the Galápagos Islands, Namibia, New Zealand, Peru and South Africa, Do Penguins Like the Cold? introduces readers to the 18 species of penguin and the conservation work underway to protect them and their habitats.

What we think:

This book is a 5 star absolute winner!

We loved everything about it.

It begins in such a friendly way with expedition leader Huw and wildlife artist Sam introducing themselves and explaining who they are and what they do. This makes the reader feel as if they are sharing the journey of discovery with them.

The book is informative and fun throughout. The information is chucked into bite-sized pieces which were perfect for reading together and gave us lots to discuss.

We learned so much about penguins!

The Little Monster’s favourite section, in the grand tradition of 8 year old boys was the stuff about poo! He was absolutely astounded by the fact that Penguins could be spotted from space because of the guano patterns on the ice. He has told everyone he meets that fact!

The illustrations are absolutely stunning in gorgeous bright colours. There is so much going on in the larger pictures and the artist had really captured the personalities of the different penguins.

The Little Monster said: “I love Penguins and this book was amazing!”

We have really enjoyed sharing this book and will definitely be reading again and again.

This would make a fantastic gift for the animal loving kiddos in your life.

About the authors:

Huw Lewis Jones is a polar-exploring author and naturalist who is lucky to have met many animals in the wild.

He is Associate Professor at Falmouth University, teaching natural history, and has written history books about photography, icebergs, mountains and maps.

He is also the author of the Bad Apple series of picture books.

Sam Caldwell is an illustrator based in Glasgow, Scotland.

He studied painting at the Edinburgh College of Art and is the illustrator of several books for children, including Do Bears Poop in the Woods?.

Thank you so much to Thames & Hudson for this gorgeous gifted copy of Do Penguins Like the Cold? and to Anne at Random Things Tours for inviting us to be a part of this fantastic blog tour.