REALLY CHILLY FUN.Byline: Valerie Kuklenski Staff Writer While the ``Happy Feet'' feature is flapping and tapping into theaters Friday, a kid-friendly companion book is out in bookstores. ``Happy Feet: The Essential Guide,'' by Glenn Dakin (DK Publishing; $12.99), gives snippets of the story from the Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . animated movie interspersed with real information about life at the bottom of the world. For those with a big appetite for all things cute, there are fuzzy illustrations of the computer-generated lead characters, Mumble 1. mumble - Said when the correct response is too complicated to enunciate, or the speaker has not thought it out. Often prefaces a longer answer, or indicates a general reluctance to get into a long discussion. and Gloria, as chicks. But a gatefold gate·fold n. A foldout, especially one that opens to double the page size. Noun 1. gatefold - an oversize page that is folded in to a book or magazine foldout on Mumble's page then reminds the reader that little emperor penguins really do eat the fish already digested by their mothers, as shown in the movie. Eewww. A foldout fold·out n. 1. Printing A folded insert or section, as of a cover, whose full size exceeds that of the regular page. 2. A piece or part, as of furniture, that folds out or down from a closed position. map in the middle of the 49-page hardcover shows the trek taken by Mumble and the adelie penguins he meets, telling that part of the story more completely than the movie does. It also offers glances at other breeds of penguins and their distinctive markings, plus the predatory birds and mammals The class Mammalia (the Mammals) is divided into two subclasses based on reproductive techniques: egg laying mammals (the Monotremes); and mammals which give live birth. The latter subclass is divided into two infraclasses: pouched mammals (the marsupials); and the placental mammals. that threaten them and compete with them for food. And it answers the question of every ``Happy Feet'' fan: Can they really dance? The answer is yes, although it looks nothing like the footwork of Mumble or Savion Glover Savion Glover (born November 19, 1973 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American actor, tap dancer and choreographer. Glover is a graduate of the Newark Arts High School. , the tap dancer who gave him his high-energy moves. Valerie Kuklenski, (818) 713-3750 valerie.kuklenski@dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: no caption (book: ``Happy Feet: The Essential Guide'') |
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