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Mr Popper's Penguins
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
Mr Popper's Penguins
Contributors:
By (Author) Richard Atwater
By (author) Florence Atwater
Illustrated by Robert Lawson
Publisher:
Little, Brown & Company
Imprint:
Little, Brown Young Readers
Publication Date:
13th August 2009
UK Publication Date:
2nd July 2009
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Children
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
813.52
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
139
Dimensions:
Width 154mm, Height 194mm, Spine 11mm
Weight:
140g
Description
This Newbery Honor-winning novel, with over 1 million copies sold, now celebrates its 80th anniversary with a new look and interior illustrations!
Mr. Popper's Penguins is one of the handful of American books for children that has attained the status of a classic. A humble house painter is sent a male penguin by the great Admiral Drake and, thanks to the arrival of a female penguin, soon has twelve penguins living in his house. First published in 1938, Mr. Popper's Penguins has amused and enchanted generations of children and their parents.Author Bio
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.
