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Mr. Popper has penguins in his fridge, an ice rink in the basement, and a family for whom life will never be the sameHow many penguins in the house is too many? Mr. Popper is a humble house painter living in Stillwater who dreams of faraway places like the South Pole. When an explorer responds to hi...

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Main Author: Atwater, Richard
Other Authors: Lawson, Robert, 1892-1957 (Illustrator)
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Language:English
Published: New York : Open Road Media Young Readers, 2011.
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Penguins > Juvenile fiction.
Humorous fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:Mr. Popper has penguins in his fridge, an ice rink in the basement, and a family for whom life will never be the sameHow many penguins in the house is too many? Mr. Popper is a humble house painter living in Stillwater who dreams of faraway places like the South Pole. When an explorer responds to his letter by sending him a penguin named Captain Cook, Mr. Popper and his family's lives change forever. Soon one penguin becomes twelve, and the Poppers must set out on their own adventure to preserve their home. First published in 1938, Mr. Popper's Penguins is a classic tale that has enchanted young readers for generations. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Richard and Florence Atwater including rare photos from the authors' estate, as well as a two videos from Fox Entertainment: a brief documentary on the legacy of Mr. Popper's Penguins and the complete 2011 motion picture trailer.
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Audience:Text Difficulty 4 - Text Difficulty 5
MG/Middle grades (4th-8th)
910
5.6
ISBN:9781453219607
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.

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