and all the other people at San Francisco’s California Academy of Sciences an aquarium planetarium and natural history museum all under one roof The people there love our world They study it and share with others what they learn They are very happy to share with This book is dedicated to Pierre the Penguin Senior Aquatic Biologist Pam Schaller you in this book what they have learned about penguins For the kids and teachers at Haldane Elementary School and the Philipstown Recreation Learning Center my thanks for your helpful feedback For Irene O’Garden my thanks for your poetic advice For Aimee Jackson at Sleeping Bear Press thanks for all of your help and encouragement J M For Peter my own Pierre with love L R 2
This is the true story of Pierre a small penguin in a big museum It is also about the people at the California Academy of Sciences who worked together to help him through a hard time 3
Down at the end of African Hall past statues of animals big and small there’s an aquarium wide and tall with real live penguins 20 in all
