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Mr. Popper's Penguins (Newbery Honor Book)Hardcover – Illustrated, September 26, 1988
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Mr. Popper's Penguinsis one of the handful of American books for children that has attained the status of a classic. A humble house painter is sent a male penguin by the great Admiral Drake and, thanks to the arrival of a female penguin, soon has twelve penguins living in his house. First published in 1938,Mr. Popper's Penguinshas amused and enchanted generations of children and their parents.
Don't miss the sequel,The Popper Penguin Rescue!
- Print length160 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level3 and up
- Lexile measure910L
- Dimensions6.6 x 0.95 x 8.55 inches
- PublisherLittle, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Publication dateSeptember 26, 1988
- ISBN-100316058424
- ISBN-13978-0316058421
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The Atwaters wrote this unforgettable tale in 1938, but its timeless charm shows no signs of aging. Children are invited to imagine, dream, and believe that anything is possible. Robert Lawson, illustrator ofThe Story of Ferdinand,offers delightfully humorous pictures--as integral to this classic as the story itself. An ideal read-aloud book for all ages,Mr. Popper's Penguinswill have any audience rolling in the aisles.(Ages 9 to 12)
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- Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Anniversary edition (September 26, 1988)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 160 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0316058424
- ISBN-13 : 978-0316058421
- Reading age : 6 - 9 years, from customers
- Lexile measure : 910L
- Grade level : 3 and up
- Item Weight : 1.05 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.6 x 0.95 x 8.55 inches
- Best Sellers Rank:#201,185 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #706 inChildren's Bird Books (Books)
- #2,348 inChildren's Classics
- #4,218 inChildren's Humor
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About the authors
Richard Tupper Atwater (1892–1948) lived in Chicago and worked as a journalist, often writing humorous pieces for newspapers such as the Chicago Tribune. He wrote two books for children before beginning Mr. Popper’s Penguins, a 1939 Newbery Honor Book. Before he could finish the story, however, he became ill. His wife, Florence Hasseltine Atwater (1899–1979) finished the book, helping launch a story that has remained popular for generations.
In 1932, Richard Atwater and his wife, Florence, took their two daughters to see a documentary film about Richard E. Byrd’s Antarctic expedition. Mr. Atwater was very impressed by the movie, and he decided to write a book about the penguins from Antarctica. When one of his daughters objected to children’s books about history, he started to write a magical story about a group of penguins, which would later become Mr. Popper’s Penguins.
Richard Tupper Atwater was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1892. He studied at the University of Chicago and taught Greek there while in graduate school. He later went on to work as a writer for the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers. Florence Hasseltine Carroll was born in 1896 in Chicago, Illinois. She also obtained two degrees at the University of Chicago, where her Classical Greek teacher was a young man named Richard Atwater! They married in 1921. Florence taught high school French, English, and Latin, and she also wrote a number of articles for the New Yorker and the Atlantic.
Richard’s first children’s book was Doris and the Trolls, about two children who follow a cat named Mitzi to a land of mischievous trolls to rescue the Ting Tang Fairy. His second was a children’s operetta called The King’s Sneezes. In it, the Fiddlers Three have been sent to the dungeon for laughing when King Nicholas sneezes, and it’s up to young Max Luckyfoot to cure him.
Richard had completed a manuscript called Ork! The Story of Mr. Popper’s Penguins, when he suffered a severe stroke in 1934 and was forced to stop writing. He lived until 1948, but could never write again. So Florence took over.
After two publishers rejected the book, Florence rewrote the story, keeping many parts the same but adding more realistic events. (In the version written by Richard Atwater, Mr. Popper draws a penguin on a mirror with shaving cream and it comes to life!) The revised manuscript was accepted and published in 1938.
Florence lived until the age of eighty-three and died in 1979. Mr. Popper’s Penguins remained a bestselling book throughout her lifetime, and has enchanted children and adults for over seventy years. It has won many awards, including the Newbery Honor, and has been translated into many languages.
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I'm glad I did as I really enjoyed it and found it to be an excellent book and one that was easy to read and understand. It was comical too.