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Age Range
7 - 11
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
1938-01-01
Page Count
139
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Grade Level
2nd - 6th
ISBN
9780316058438
Lexile
910
Themes
animals
adventure

Mr. Popper's Penguins

Written by Richard Atwater and Florence Atwater and Illustrated by Robert Lawson
Mr. Popper, a house painter, lives in Stillwater, Oklahoma with his wife and two children. He is intrigued with explorers and writes to polar explorer Admiral Drake. The Admiral then sends him a penguin whom Mr. Popper names Captain Cook. Greta joins Captain Cook and they have ten babies. After trying the cirucs, Mr. Popper realizes where the penguins truly belong.
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Age Range
7 - 11
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
1938-01-01
Page Count
139
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Grade Level
2nd - 6th
ISBN
9780316058438
Lexile
910
Themes
animals
adventure
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