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Mr. Popper's Penguins (Newbery Honor Award Winner) - Softcover

Atwater, Richard; Atwater, Florence

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9780316058438: Mr. Popper's Penguins (Newbery Honor Award Winner)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0316058432 ISBN 13: 9780316058438
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 1992

Synopsis

The classic Newbery Honor book about a man and a house full of penguins―a childhood favorite for generations.

Mr. Popper's Penguins is 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 Penguins has amused and enchanted generations of children and their parents.

Don't miss the sequel, The Popper Penguin Rescue!

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About the Author

Before his death in 1948, Richard Atwater was a newspaper columnist and a professor of Greek. He is best known for writing Mr. Popper's Penguins with his wife, Florence, who finished the novel when he fell ill. Together, they were honored with the 1939 Newbery Honor Award.

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Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date
1992
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0316058432
ISBN 13 
9780316058438
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
160
Rating
  • 3.97 out of 5 stars
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