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Atwater, Richard.

Mr. Popper's penguins / - Boston : Little, Brown and Co., 1938. - 138 pages, [12] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

Stillwater -- The voice in the air -- Out of the Antarctic -- Captain Cook -- Troubles with a penguin -- More troubles -- Captain Cook builds a nest -- Penguin's promenade -- In the barber shop -- Shadows -- Greta -- More mouths to feed -- Money worries -- Mr. Greenbaum. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.

Relates how the unexpected delivery of a large crate containing a live penguin changes the life of Mr. Popper, a house painter obsessed by dreams of the polar region.

910 Lexile.

Newbery Honor Book, 1939.

ISBN: 9780316058421 0316058424

LCCN: 38027840

Subjects--Topical Terms:
House painters--Juvenile fiction.
Penguins--Juvenile fiction.
House painters--Fiction.
Penguins--Fiction.
Humorous stories.
Newbery Honor Book.
House painters.
Penguins.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Fiction.
Juvenile works.

LC Class. No.: PZ10.3.A89 / Mi

Dewey Class. No.: 813