Title Mr. Popper's penguins / by Richard and Florence Atwater ; illustrated by Robert Lawson

Published Boston : Little, Brown and Co., 1938

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Description 138 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm Series Marcie Muir collection of Australian children's books. ANL Contents 1. Stillwater -- 2. The voice in the air -- 3. Out of the Antarctic -- 4. Captain Cook -- 5. Troubles with a penguin -- 6. More troubles -- 7. Captain Cook builds a nest -- 8. Penguin's promenade -- 9. In the barber shop -- 10. Shadows -- 11. Greta -- 12. More mouths to feed -- 13. Money worries -- 14. Mr. Greenbaum Summary 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 Notes "First edition." For children The frontispiece and illustrated t.-p. form a double plate; illustrated lining-papers Audience For children Notes Accelerated Reader MG 5.6 3 Reading Counts 3-5 4.9 5 Q Newbery Honor Book, 1939 Subject House painters -- Juvenile fiction. Penguins as pets -- Juvenile fiction Penguins -- Juvenile fiction. House painters -- Fiction. Penguins -- Fiction. Genre/Form Fiction. Author Atwater, Florence. Lawson, Robert, 1892-1957, illustrator LC no. 38027840 ISBN 0316058424 9780316058421

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