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Mr. Popper dreams about leaving his boring life and going on an adventure to the Antarctic. When the legendary Admiral Drake sends him a live penguin in response to his letter, he is thrilled. Very soon, he also receives a female companion for his penguin and they have 10 children. But Mr. Popper ha...

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Main Author: Atwater, Richard
Other Authors: Sullivan, Nick (Nick James)
Format: Audiobooks eAudiobook Downloads eAudiobook
Language:English
Published: New York : Hachette Audiobooks, 2009.
Edition:Unabridged.
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Penguins > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:Mr. Popper dreams about leaving his boring life and going on an adventure to the Antarctic. When the legendary Admiral Drake sends him a live penguin in response to his letter, he is thrilled. Very soon, he also receives a female companion for his penguin and they have 10 children. But Mr. Popper has enough trouble supporting his human family, and so he has the idea to take his penguins to the stage. Soon, Mr. Popper is up to his ears in adventure as he tries to manage 12 performing penguins and the trouble they inevitably get into. Mr. Popper's Penguins remains a classic, read and remembered by generations of loyal fans. Now, 70 years after its publication, it will be given a fresh new voice as an audiobook to attract a new generation of listeners.
Item Description:Unabridged.
Physical Description:1 online resource (2 audio files) : digital
Playing Time:02:14:27
Format:Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 63136 KB).
Audience:Text Difficulty 3 - Text Difficulty 5
MG/Middle grades (4th-8th)
910
5.6
ISBN:9781600246760
Author Notes:Richard Atwater was born on December 29, 1892 in Chicago, and educated at the University of Chicago, where he later taught Greek. In addition to teaching, Atwater worked as a book editor and newspaper columnist.

Atwater wrote several books in his lifetime, including Doris and the Trolls and Rickety Rimes of Riq. However, it was his children's book Mr. Popper's Penguins that made him famous. In this story a house painter receives several penguins as a present. He keeps them in his refrigerator and the trouble they create is chronicled in the story.

In 1934, Atwater suffered a stroke. Atwater's wife revised and completed the manuscript. Richard Atwater died on August 21, 1948. Mr. Popper's Penguins won the Newberry Medal in 1939 and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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