title: Penguin's Family: The Story of a Humboldt Penguin - a Smithsonian Oceanic Collection Book (Mini book)
author:  Kathleen M. Hollenbeck 
description: A beautiful blend of factual information and entertainment --National Science Teachers Association
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  Table of Contents
  
  
  [Title Page](stei_9780140053203_oeb_tp_r1.html)
  
  
  [Copyright Page](stei_9780140053203_oeb_cop_r1.html)
  
  
  [Dedication](stei_9780140053203_oeb_ded_r1.html)
  
  
    
  
  
  [PART ONE](stei_9780140053203_oeb_c01_r1.html)
  
  
  [PART TWO](stei_9780140053203_oeb_c02_r1.html)
  
  
  [PART THREE](stei_9780140053203_oeb_c03_r1.html)
  
  
  [PART FOUR](stei_9780140053203_oeb_c04_r1.html)
  
  
    
  
  
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  PENGUIN BOOKS TRAVELS WITH CHARLEY
  
  
  Born in Salinas, California, in 1902, JOHN STEINBECK grew up in a fertile
  agricultural valley about twenty-five miles from the Pacific Coast—and both
  valley and coast would serve as settings for some of his best fiction. In 1919
  he went to Stanford University, where he intermittently enrolled in literature
  and writing courses until he left in 1925 without taking a degree. During the
  next five years he supported himself as a laborer and jo