December
 
Volusia Reads Stories!
December 2025
Penguins
Books for Babies and Toddlers
Little penguins by Cynthia Rylant
Little penguins
by Cynthia Rylant

During the first snowy day of winter, five little penguins bundle up and venture outside to play.
Your personal penguin by Sandra Boynton
Your personal penguin
by Sandra Boynton

Serenaded by a penguin, a slightly bewildered hippo makes an unusual—and loyal—new friend, in this adorable and amusing read-aloud. 
If you were a penguin by Wendell Minor
If you were a penguin
by Wendell Minor

Pictures and rhyming text present some of the many extraordinary things penguins can do. 
Picture Books and Leveled Readers
A penguin story by Antoinette Portis
A penguin story
by Antoinette Portis

Edna the penguin tries to find something in her surroundings that is not night black, ice white, or sea blue, and when she finds what she's been looking for, it's everything she hoped for and more.
Penguins by Gail Gibbons
Penguins
by Gail Gibbons

Vetted by experts, this newly revised and updated guide to the fascinating world of penguins introduces where and how penguins live, what they eat, and how they hatch their young.
Penguins by Liz Pichon
Penguins
by Liz Pichon

Penguins at the zoo have an exciting afternoon when one finds a camera left behind by a visitor.
The king penguin by Vanessa Roeder
The king penguin
by Vanessa Roeder

King penguin Percival is off to find subjects who will listen to him, as long as they do not eat him first.
Penguin problems by Jory John
Penguin problems
by Jory John

A tongue-in-cheek introduction to Antarctica features a plucky little penguin who argues that the region, far from being free from worries and responsibilities, is freezing, filled with natural predators and all but overrun by identical penguins that make it rather hard to find one's mom.
Little Penguin's new friend by Laura Driscoll
Little Penguin's new friend
by Laura Driscoll

A leveled-reader debut finds Little Penguin anticipating a visit with a new polar bear friend only to be frightened by his friends' reports about how bears are scary and tell very bad jokes. 
Penguin parade by Heidi E. Y. Stemple
Penguin parade
by Heidi E. Y. Stemple

Hip, hip, hooray--it's a penguin parade! Who will win the Best Float vote? And does one of the penguins have a surprise trick up his sleeve?
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