Penguins of Madagascar. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Penguins of Madagascar
Tracey West, 2014
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Eric Darnell, Simon J. Smith, 2014

Prior to the events of the first film, Skipper, Rico, and Kowalski are chicks in a penguin colony in Antarctica. After the events of the third film, Skipper, Rico, and Kowalski celebrate Private’s birthday by breaking into Fort Knox, to get Cheesy Dibbles from a vending machine, though what Private really wants is to no longer be considered a mascot but a member of the team.