Start with high-confidence penguins books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
If You Were a Penguin Board Book
Florence Minor
Penguin Chick
Betty Tatham
Penguins
Seymour Simon
Antarctic Antics
Judy Sierra
Polar Pals
Zondervan
Penguins and Antarctica
Mary Pope Osborne, Natalie Pope Boyce
Penguins (scholastic Discover More)
Penelope Arlon
Penguins!
Gail Gibbons
Could You Ever Waddle With Penguins!?
Sandra Markle
Fly
David Lindo
Penguins (national Geographic Kids Readers, Level 2)
Anne Schreiber
Explore My World: Penguins
Jill Esbaum
Hello, Penguin! (national Geographic Kids Readers, Pre-reader)
Kathryn M. Williams
David Salomon
All About Antarctica
Marc Martin
Passionate About Penguins
Owen Davey
One Day on Our Blue Planet: in the Antarctic
Ella Bailey
