Ulco Glimmerveen

This book tells the story of a colony of penguins living in Antarctica. It describes what the penguins do, how they work together, and how they survive. In the middle of the story humans enter the penguins land. They bring big machines and barrels of oil. It then talks about how humans affect the penguins environment and how the penguins are forced to adjust. I like this book because it shows the damage humans can do by bringing foreign objects into a animals habitat. This book would connect with the 5th grade DCI ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems. I would use this book as an example of how humans can have a very negative affect on animals. I would use this book with other books that show how humans can impact animals, vegetation, and bodies of water.… (meer)