Mr Popper's Penguins by Atwater

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Mr Popper's Penguins by Atwater

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Mr Popper's Penguins by Atwater

Mr. Popper's Penguins is one of the handful of American books for children that has attained the status of a classic. First published in 1938, this story of a housepainter who is sent a male penguin by the great Admiral Drake, and who, thanks to the arrival of a female penguin, soon has twelve penguins living in his house, has amused and enchanted generations of children and their parents.

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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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ISBN 13 9780316058421
ISBN 10 0316058424
Title Mr Popper's Penguins
Author Atwater
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Little, Brown & Company
Year published 1988-09-26
Number of pages 139
Prizes Winner of Young Reader's Choice Award (Children's) 1941, Commended for Newbery Medal (Children's) 1939
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.