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Richard Atwater and Florence Atwater - Mr. Popper's Penguins

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The unexpected delivery of a large crate containing an Antarctic penguin changes the life and fortunes of Mr. Popper, a house painter obsessed by dreams of the Polar regions.
 

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Mr. Popper's Penguins--It's Penguin-Mania!

Date of Review:  May 21, 2001
The Bottom Line: An amusing, if not overly popular, Newbery Honor book
Review: Mr. Popper was the town painter. He painted houses all during the season of nice weather. But Mr. Popper was also a dreamer. This made for some interestingly-colored houses, as he would sometimes forget the color he was supposed to be using while in...
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  4.0

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Recommended to buy: Yes

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Amusing story, Newbery Honor book,...
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Parts sound a bit dated
 

Mr. Popper---A most unusual fellow

Date of Review:  Oct 16, 2000
Review: Have you ever had an unusual pet live in your home? Can you imagine keeping a penguin and then making it the most important warm-body in the house? Well, that's what this book is all about.

It's quite a humorous story for 2nd-4th graders...
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  3.0

by: stacyb
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Entertaining to the younger audience
Cons
Some family values out of sorts
 

I should have such problems!

Date of Review:  Mar 9, 2000
Review: This was one of my first books, and I immediately got hooked on penguins for life (check out my nickname...) I now have hundreds (none alive, unfortunately) in my house, to the dismay of my long-suffering husband, and it all started with Mr. Popper...
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  5.0

by: Penguinlady
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Amusing story, nicely illustrated
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Authors Florence Atwater
Narrator Nick Sullivan
Illustrator Robert Lawson
Fiction Genre Juvenile Fiction
Fiction Subgenre Unknown
Awards 1939 Newbery Medal

Book Editions

  Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown & Co (September 26, 1988)
Measurements: 8.5"(h) x 6.5"(w) x 0.75"(d), 1.05 lbs.
ISBN: 9780316058421

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  It was an afternoon in late September. In the pleasant city of Stillwater, Mr. Popper, the house painter, was going home from work.
 

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