Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.8
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
3006
Points per Word
0.000166
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.010417
Series
Animal Family Series
Description
Text and photographs portray a colony of Chinstrap penguins on Bouvet Island in the Antarctic Ocean, from spring, when they lay their eggs; through summer, when the chicks hatch; to autumn, when they leave the island; until their return next spring.