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Mr. Popper's Penguins (Newbery Honor Book)
Honor Book:Newbery Medal -Children's (1939)
Winner:Young Reader's Choice Award -Children's (1941)
It was hard enough for Mr. Popper to support himself, Mrs. Popper, Bill and Janie Popper. The addition of twelve penguins to the family made it impossible to make both ends meet. Then Mr. Popper had a splendid idea the talented penguins would be a sensation on the stage. And so they were...
Book Details
- Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Publish Date: Sep 26th, 1988
- Pages: 160
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.30in - 6.68in - 0.74in - 1.07lb
- EAN: 9780316058421
- Recommended age: 08-12
- Categories: • Classics• Animals - Birds• Humorous Stories
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.