I had tried many different books from Black Beauty to Little Britches to enrich our homeschool literature time.
No joy. Of course, to be fair, it's worth mentioning that my children are still all 6 and younger (all five of them!)

When we did a thematic unit study on penguins, I came across this book in our local homeschool store, and it was a HIT! They all begged me to read "just one more chapter" every night. We went and saw the penguins in another town as a family vacation as a culmination to our study, and the main thing discussed was the book and Mr. Popper, and which penguin looked like Greta and Captain Cook from the book.

My boys still dress in all black some days, so they can be penguins. So, to keep the attention of a 6 year old, 4 year old, and 3 year old (and sometimes the 19 month old) it truly IS a classic! I look forward to reading it again to them soon! We ALL enjoyed Mr. Popper.

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Author of Flip Flop Spanish: Ages 3-5: Level 1 & Spanish Fun Activity Calendar

I have read this book five times now with 3rd graders. For some reason, I always dread rereading it. But then, during the story, I get back into it. Some stories are like that I guess. Some are Re-readers and some are not.

A few things I somehow forget between readings I would like to write here and hopefully remember for next time:

1. Mr and Mrs. Popper live in Stillwater! They also visit Minneapolis. A study of major cities and states would not be entirely out of place paired with this book. The penguins visit Boston, Chicago, Milwaukee and New York. I asked the students what states these cities were in as we read, and I did not get a lot of correct guesses.

2. The book is filled with fabulous alliteration! Making note of this early on gets the kids looking for it as we read and cements the concept for them. Popper's Performing Penguins

3. This time through, I paused when the penguins made noises: "gook!" and "ork!" were some of the more common ones. On cue, the students would make the sounds. It really kept them on track following along, and they seemed to really enjoy attempting the sounds in various intonations. (How does a penguin ask a question said as "ork?" versus making an exclamation of "ork!")

4. A few years ago, I attempted to read the entire book as though it were "Mr. W's Penguins." Each time it read the word Popper, I substituted my last name. Well, I ended up forgetting fairly regularly, and the kids were more concerned with reminding me than with comprehending the story. I guess they were paying attention at least.

A great book for book club; not a lot of deep, high level themes to pore over. A good 3rd grade starter book, perhaps.

Get this book! It is one of the greatest books I have read! It's a great story about a man(Mr.Popper) who's likes the Atlantic and gets a little surprise. It's a package from admiral Drake. Read the book and see what happens.

My 8-year-old daughter and I are currently reading this old book together. It was given to her as a gift last year and we are just now getting around to reading it. She has been bugging me constantly to sit down and read more (we are only about half way through). While she could easily read this book by herself we are having a wonderful time reading this charming story together. We can't wait to see what silly thing will happen next. Even though this book was published long ago, it is still a great story that is great fun.

I have to say this is the all time best children's book ever, full of love and humor. I remember reading this myself and have recently bought two copies of this book, one so i can read to my self and children the other as a keepsake. I also have suggested this book to may other avid readers, young and old.

This is a must book for any reader and belongs on everyone shelf.

I'm fifteen (B. Rothermel's daughter), and recently checked out from the library a bunch of old, lighthearted books just for the heck of it. I had never read Mr. Popper's Penguins, but I found it to be really cute and funny, but definitely a bit outlandish and slightly dated. It is very short, but just the right length for kids ages 8-10, and I also think it would be a good read-aloud for younger children.

Mr. Poppers Penguins
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By Richard and Florence Atwater

If you like funny stories about penguins, then pick this one. Mr. Poppers Penguins can make you believe that penguins can live in your freezer!
Mr. Popper is a man who paints houses in the summer, but this winter his family doesn't have enough money. So Mrs. Popper has to work all winter. The family gets a package and it is a penguin! Then that penguin gives birth to at least five penguins. The penguins get taught to dance. And you will have to read the book to find out about the adventures the Poppers go on!

I learned only two major things about Mr. Popper from reading this book. First, he's a painter, and second, he really, really likes the polar regions of the world. Earlier today, when I saw a guy painting a bathroom, I almost felt like asking him if he ever dreams about visiting penguins in Antarctica. I tell you, after reading Mr. Popper's Penguins, I'll never look at painters in the same way ever again. Maybe they're all like that.

The plot's super-simple and the only part that's even remotely complex is when Mr. Popper is thrown in jail. Such things happen...

There's a particular scene in the chapter "More Troubles" where Mr. Popper tries to call and ask about getting a penguin license. He has some problems being understood over the telephone, and I thought the horribly persistent miscommunications were delightfully funny.

I would recommend this book to any kid. It may be a bit simple for adults but there's no denying that it's good, clean fun. It possesses a rare trait in that it's truly appropriate for anyone and it doesn't try to push any agenda. You'd have to be a real stick-in-the-mud to hate or feel threatened by any part of Mr. Popper's Penguins. A perfect kid's book.

I had all forgotten about this book until I happened to come across the title here on Amazon. The plot is a little fuzzy these days, as it has been years since I last read it, But i certainly remember how much I enjoyed it, and how I asked my mother if we too could have a penguin in the icebox.

Any book that captures the imagination of a child and encourages him or her that reading doesn't have to be a boring chore gets five stars from me, and this charming story certainly satisfies those requirements.

The book Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater is about a family going from poor to rich. I recommend this book to anyone who needs a laugh. The Popper family lived in Stillwater. In the book, the Penguin Mr. Popper receives is a very funny Penguin, and $5,000 a week is good.
In Mr. Popper's Penguins Mr. Popper is poor. Admiral Drake, an explorer, sends Mr. Popper a Penguin as a present. Then Captain Cook (the penguin) becomes ill, Greta comes and then 10 more! Mr. and Mrs. Popper train them. After a while the Penguins are ready to perform in any theater in the country.
Mr. Popper and his family own the Penguins. Mrs. Popper is the wife of Mr. Popper. Bill Popper is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Popper. Janie Popper is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Popper. Last of all, Admiral Drake the one who sent Captain Cook to Mr. Popper.
Mr. Popper and his family live in Stillwater. When he and his Penguins were famous Mr. Popper traveled all around the country. He traveled to a lot of big cities. One of the cities he went to was Milwaukee. Mr. Popper only had time to act in the big cities.
Overall I recommend this book to people who like Penguins and hard times. When Mr. Popper leaves it is both a happy and sad time. I really liked this book because Penguins are great fun.

I was introduced to this book in 4th grade when my teacher read it to my class. I liked the book so much I got a copy for myself but somewhere along the way I lost it or gave it away. A few years ago, I found it online and decided to buy it.
This is a truly unique story that almost any child will love. After all, who wouldn't want a family of penguins living in their basement?

I still vividly remember how much I loved this book when I read it in elementary school. This book is a popular children's classic, and any child would love the simple humor and amusingly delightful schemes or Mr. Popper and his penguins.

I thought the penguins were so cute. The story is okay. I think it wss better when Mr.Atwater was writing it. When Mrs. Atwater wrote it, I noticed the penguins stopped talking so much. I thought it seemed like Mrs.Atwater was sort of rushing at the end to finish the story. I don't think she took the time there...still the penguins were cute.

I think it is cool that Mr. Popper's Penguins was written so long ago and yet it is still funny for kids of today. I think the chracters in this book are very well developed and the problems and solutions that come from the penguins keep the book moving exceptionally well. I would reccomend this book for almost anyone who enjoys a warm story of a simple man's dream come true!

Children of all ages will enjoy this fabulous tale of Mr. Popper and his penguins. Since the movie "The March of the Penguins" came out, interest in penguins has been growing by leaps and bounds among children, why not buy them this lovely little book as a companion to that movie as a Christmas gift? Your whole family will enjoy reading it aloud, and your kids will look forward to bedtime when they get to read another chapter. What fun!

I remember my mom reading this book to my sister and I when I was a child. I recently read it to my class of pre-K kids. We finished the book about three weeks ago, and they are STILL talking about it! They are asking to read it again!!! At first I wasn't sure if this book would hold the attention of a group of 4-5 year olds, but they just LOVED the penguin antics. They draw pictures of penguins during free art, and talk about the story during dramatic play time. I am so glad I chose this as a pre-nap time reading selection for them. We may have to read it again in a couple of months.

Mr. Popper's Penguins was written by Richard and Florence Atwater in 1938. This book is so popular it has become a classic of American humor.

Mr. Poper is a gentle, untidy, and sometimes absent-minded house painter. He and his wife and their two children, Jamie and Bill, live in a simple home in Stillwater. His favorite pastime is to dream about going to the Poles. One day, Mr. Popper receives a surprise in the mail from Admiral Drake, the famous Antarctic explorer. Inside the box there was an Antarctic penguin. Mr. Popper was so thrilled to have a penguin as a pet. From that point, the Popper family's life is completely changed.

Mr. Popper named the penguin Captain Cook. Captain Coook caused a series off confusing, scary, and exciting events in the town of Stillwater, but eventually it was adopted and adored by all the neighbors. The Poppers have to make many changes and sacrifices to care for Captian Cook. However, they enjoy the fun, the adventure, and the happiness with the penguin. Subsequently, the Poppers inherit a female penguin named Greta from an aquarium in Mammath City. Together Captain Cook and Greta have ten more peguin chicks.

Mr. and Mrs. Popper came up with a spendid idea. They wanted to train the talented penguins to perform on stage. The performance was a success and became famous across the country. THe Poppers had a chance to travel from east to west during the penguins' ten-week performance and to earn enough money to pay back all the expenses for supporting the penguins. After ten weeks of performance, Mr. Popper is faced with a very important decision for the twelve penguins' future. He can either take the penguins to Hollywoood to make a lot of money or send them to the North Pole to keep the lonely explorers company.

This book is very well written. The stirt is interesting, the characters are heart-warming, the details are funny. The dialogues and the silly pictures in the book are very entertaining. The author does a good job in describing the curious, lively, and funny penguins. I enjoyed reading this book very much and I hope you will like it as well.

Mr. poppers Penguins is a very funny book. If you read it you would be laughing hard. When I read it every time I turned a page it kept on getting better and better. It starts out with Mr. Popper reading a newspaper and then in the middle of the book Mr. Popper gets a penguin and the penguin says gook all the time and they thought it was cook so they named him captin cook and at the end Mr. Popper gets to go to the north pole but not the south pole. His real dream was to go to the south pole but didn't. If you asked me What ages should read this book it would be all ages.

I rated this book 4 stars was because it wasn't the totally best but was very close to being the best.

"Captain Cook!" This book made me want to read word for word. I wanted to read this book and made me flip pages past my bedtime.Mr.Popper the house painter sends a letter to a radio show. Mr. Popper wins a pet penguin for sending that letter. Mr. popper up for a treat. What will happen to poor Mr. Popper? The author messages is that penguins belong in Antarctica, even though penguins are very smart and are great dancers. It also tells you you may love and charish animals. I loved this book so much I read this book three times. Richard Altwater is a very talented author.

Mr. Popper's Penguins is a humorous book I read. The author's of the book are Richard and Flourence Atwater. Illustrator Robert Lawson and Publisher Brown Little & Co. The Atwater's have also written five other award winning books. Mr. Popper's Penguins in an unusual but funny book that I would recommend to anyone.

Mr. Popper's starts off with him reading his monthly South Pole magazine, and decides to write to one of the people studying the South Pole. When the explorer writes back he sends a package. This package is no ordinary package though. The main point of the story is about a guy named Mr. Popper's who trains his band of penguins to star in Vaudeville Tour.

Mr. Popper's is a house painter that comes up with some crazy designs. But his real interest is in the South Pole and all the animals on it. Captain Cook is basically the main character. He is the head of all the penguins but is not that bright. All the rest of Mr. Popper's Penguins are like couples. They just walk in a little line down the street next to each other. So my opinion is that the characters are perfect for this kind of story.



The different settings in this book are very creative. The magazine that Mr. Popper got was very detailed. The South Pole kind of looked kind of like the Hawaii version of the South Pole. The houses on the block looked realistic. This is won fiction fantasy book you might want to get.

Mr. Popper's Penguins is far most the best fiction fantasy book ever. The
characters, the setting and the story lines were great. It is an unbelievably funny book for all ages. Newberry Honor agrees it is a masterpiece. That is my opinion on Mr. Popper's Penguins.