Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Mr. Popper's Penguins
Book Review: A second grader says I could not put this book down
Summary: 5 Stars
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.
Book Review: Adam Says- A Must Read!
Summary: 4 Stars
Where is Stillwater?
The Name of the book I am reviewing is called Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Artwater. The location in where Mr. Popper's Penguins takes place is in a small town called Stillwater. I am pretty sure that Stillwater is a town I'm just not sure where.
The First One
Mr. Popper's Penguins starts out as Mr. Popper being a house painter at the end of September and stopping because no one wanted their house painted any more. Mr. Popper loves to read about the North and South Poles, mostly about the South Pole because penguins are there. One day he sent Admiral Drake a letter about pictures Admiral Drake had brought back from their last expedition. A few days later Mr. Popper gets a huge crate saying THIS SIDE UP on the side. He opened the crate and to his surprise a penguin looks up at him. Soon the penguin gets a name which is Captain Cook.
Captain Cook and Mr. Popper get into all sorts of mischief, For Example; Captain Cook goes and eats two live goldfish. To find out all the other ones you will need to read the book.
Newbery Honor
The medal this book holds is true in my opinion; the medal it holds is the Newbery Honor Medal. I really liked this book for some parts where you want to laugh, like when Captain Cook slides up and down the bathtub pretending it is the icy Antarctic ground. Or when Captain Cook gets tangled up with a photographer's camera when he is trying to get a picture of the mischievous penguin. Then there are some parts where you don't know what will happen, For Example; When Captain Cook gets sick and has a temperature of 104 degrees. Or when Mr. Popper gets thrown in jail, which is like the climax of the book. There are a lot more feelings in this book but I won't give them all away.
You Have To Know This!
I would just like the readers of this to know is that; This book may not lead you to the ending you might have wanted, you don't really have to know anything about penguins to read this book because it will tell you a little, and this book is on my top three recommendation list. I also want to say this book is about a 4th to 6th grade reading level because of its vocabulary.
A Must Read
I would put this book on my 2 out of 3 book to read because its just a great story and pretty funny too. I would recommend this book to every kid I know that likes a laugh or two. I think Mr. Popper's Penguins deserved the Newbery Honor Medal.
Book Review: An enduring favourite
Summary: 5 Stars
My Grade 4 students gobble up this book! I include it in several " thematic literature kits": animal stories, award winners, and humourous stories. Reluctant readers are especially attracted to it, as it isn't difficult to read independently. It really grabs their attention and makes them laugh out loud. Even slow readers work hard to make their way through this novel. Kids especially love all the penguins, their hilarious antics, and the bizarre trouble they get into.
It's also full of very interesting knowledge. We delve a little into history, getting a glimpse of life in the 1930's. We learn some geography, about exploration of the Arctic and Antarctic. And we certainly learn about penguins!
Written in the 1930's, this book has become a classic that hasn't lost any of its appeal for kids today. I've never seen a kid who didn't love it!
Book Review: Belongs in everyone's library YOUNG and OLD
Summary: 5 Stars
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.
Book Review: Brings back memories
Summary: 5 Stars
Our teacher read this book to us in 3rd grade. In 7th grade I played Janie in a school play. Bought the book to take me back in time. I'm almost 55 now. Great to learn that the author lived in Chicago. We'd moved to that area from Colorado when I was in 3rd grade.