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Mr. Popper's Penguins
Mr. Popper's Penguins | Richard Atwater Atwater
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Mr. Popper dreams of exploring Anarctica and gets his wish--with a little help from Captain Cook, his amazing and fearless penguin guide. . . . more fun that 25 movies.--The Horn Book.
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britt_brooke
Mr. Popper's Penguins: Enhanced Edition | Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson
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This one will soon be in middle school. What?! He‘s the most precious kid, I swear. I escaped to read outside, and few minutes later, he and little bro came out with their current reads. 🤍

#raisingreaders

LeahBergen 🥰🥰🥰 11mo
batsy 💕 11mo
Cathythoughts ❤️❤️❤️ 11mo
marleed So sweet! 11mo
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tjwill
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Pickpick

Mr. Popper adopts a couple penguins and ends up with a whole troupe of performers. This is very cute, even if it had a few parts that were unbelievable moments for the characters. My 7yo had several uncontrollable fits of laughter, so we had fun taking turns reading it to each other.

BennettBookworm CLASSIC!! 2y
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kissmehardy
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Pickpick

Turns out almost all the dialogue in the musical production of this that I was just in was taken straight from the text, which wasn't trippy at all for me. Mrs. Popper supremacy forever! #childrenslit #classics

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Jody3
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Pickpick

Mr. Popper‘s Penguins is fun-filled, creative, and allows the reader to imagine what life would be like caring for a penguin. I would love to hang out with Mr. Popper. He seems like a pretty cool dude. Penguins in the fridge = awesome!

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MaggieCarr
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Mehso-so

I rather enjoyed this book... more from seeing it through my son's (6) eyes than for the content itself. My adult perspective stole the magic from it and instead had me critiquing a marriage where the wife is fine with the husband leaving spontaneously for a couple of years, and worried about providing for the family financially in other portions. Based on my kiddos experience bet I would have enjoyed it more in my younger days.

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berko
Mr. Popper's Penguins: Enhanced Edition | Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson
Mehso-so

Kids love it. A little too simple for mom. Would be good for a junior reader.

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audraelizabeth
Mr. Popper's Penguins: Enhanced Edition | Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson
Mehso-so

Funny. I did prefer the movie because this took me a bit to get into.
#mmd embracethebacklist newberry award winner or honor

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Auntynanny
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Pickpick

This book was fun and ridiculous. At this time I don't plan to read the rest of the series, but it would be fun to read with kids.

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cwarnier
Mr. Popper's Penguins: Enhanced Edition | Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson
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#llfs #litsylovefallswap @Pogue
@rsteve388 @Bookgoil
Thank you so much for the amazing books and stuff. I love Mr. Poppers Penguins, and dont have a copy. This may have to be a read aloud this winter.

Pageturner1 is that a mouse bookmark? so cute 😍 3y
Bookgoil Yum to sour candy and Dune! I hear it‘s a bit of a read!!! 3y
cwarnier @Pageturner1 yes it is a mouse bookmark and it is super cute. 3y
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Pogue You are very welcome. I loved Mr. Poppers Penguins! 3y
Pogue @Pageturner1 do you want a mouse? 3y
Pageturner1 @Pogue i would love a mouse it is super cute! 3y
shellleigh33 I love the mouse bookmark 🥰🥰😍😍 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 👏🏻📚🎉 3y
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TheAromaofBooks
Mr. Popper's Penguins | Richard Atwater Atwater
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Pickpick

I hadn't read this children's classic in many a year. It's fun and cute but quite implausible. Still, I can see the penguin antics appealing to younger readers, even if the story honestly doesn't make a lot of sense haha

Also, I got this copy as a library discard back in 1999, where it had been on the shelves since its publication in 1938!

TheBookHippie I read it every fall with a 1-3 grade Montessori classroom 🐧 lots of laughter 4y
Leftcoastzen I read it when I was a kid, remember liking the silliness !🐧 4y
vlwelser Look at you go! Great progress! 🐧🐧🐧 4y
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TheAromaofBooks @TheBookHippie @Leftcoastzen - There is definitely an age that LOVES the silliness. As an adult, it's sometimes harder to get past the practical aspects (you just jumped on a boat and headed to the Arctic?!) but I remember reading this with my younger siblings and thinking it was hilarious. The illustrations by Robert Lawson also add a great deal of charm. 4y
TheAromaofBooks @vlwelser - Thank you!!! I stacked my Bingo card with several books I was planning to read anyway so maybe I'll actually score a bingo for my own challenge this month! 😂 4y
tdrosebud This was one of my favorites as a kid. The copy I had eventually fell apart. I love that you have such an old copy. 4y
TheAromaofBooks @tdrosebud - I really love collecting well-loved copies and this one definitely fits the bill!! 4y
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ahoffkosik
Mr. Popper's Penguins: Enhanced Edition | Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson
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I overcame my lifelong fear of birds for this week‘s episode of my podcast! (Even though — let‘s be honest — penguins are a very cute exception to my fear.) On Episode 105, author Swati Teerdhala joins me for a conversation about Newbery Honor-winning Mr. Popper‘s Penguins! We talk about the main character‘s wanderlust, cancel culture, and so much more. Link to listen in bio! 🐧❄️

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TheAromaofBooks
Mr. Popper's Penguins | Richard Atwater Atwater
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Day 20 of a book from my shelves with random thoughts - I keep forgetting about this little project, so it's been a few days!! Today's book is a battered copy of a classic children's story. It's a bit absurd, but SO much fun, and it's the kind of absurdity that makes children go off into piles of giggles. Lawson's illustrations add so much to the tale as well. It's not my favorite ending to a book, but it works & it's all good fun.

Hestapleton I LOVED this book!! The movie adaptation with Jim Carrey is pretty cute too :) 4y
TheAromaofBooks @Hestapleton - ooo I've never seen the movie! 4y
DieAReader @TheAromaofBooks I‘ve never read the book but, I love the movie! 4y
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thebacklistbook
Mr. Popper's Penguins: Enhanced Edition | Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson
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A tale of two cities, of mice and men, treasure island, the sound and the fury, crime and punishment, 1984, a farewell to arms, catcher in the rye, pride and prejudice, great expectations, as I lay dying. Not too sure about the rest. #canyounamethefamousbooks

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Kyleigh_J
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Pickpick

This HF Young Reader's Choice Award and Newbery Honor Winner is a tale about a family man, Mr. Popper. One day, while the family is listening to the radio, they hear from a mysterious adventurer who promises them a surprise. Soon they receive a penguin and name him Captain Cook. Captain Cook's health begins to fail so they get him a companion, a female penguin named Greta. Not long after the couple has 10 baby penguins and a lot of mouths to feed.

Kyleigh_J This novel is truly an enjoyable read as the Poppers' situation is very unique and hilarious so it is perfect for an RA. There is 20 chapters in the book, so the teacher could read one a day or one half a day. Scholastic has great activities to go with this book, including a great KWL chart about penguins that should be done prior to reading.
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/mr-poppers-pen...
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Kyleigh_J UDL 3.1 activate or supply background knowledge and EL 50 For content comprehension use a variety of comprehension activities, such as; strip
stories, KWL activities, SQ3R, learning logs, role-playing activities, cloze strategy, etc. are satisfied from this lesson. After the teacher supplies some background info the students will be completing a KWL chart as a class. This will help them activate their prior knowledge and learn new background info.
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DrSpalding Have you seen the Jim Carrey movie version of this book? It is a good one. Nice idea to use a graphic organizer to enhance comprehension. And excellent job aligning English learner strategy 50 to match! 4y
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IamIamIam
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Pickpick

A cute story about a man who is extremely interested in polar expeditions and ends up being sent a penguin as a gift! 😳 There are those sneaky facts that end up being thrown into children's books and a heartwarming ending! The perfect book for quarantine! #quarantinereads #mountTBR #middlegrade

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IamIamIam
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Absolutely nothing I've picked up for the last few days has been sticking. Having a hard time with my #Booked2020 book, tried a Harlan Coben book that totally put a bad taste in my mouth after 5 pages, got a short story collection going... so I'm going to try this today. 🤞 #quarantinereads #Coronapocalypse

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hmarkins
Mr. Popper's Penguins | Richard Atwater

“It seemed to him that his life would be empty if Captain Cook went away.“

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hmarkins
Mr. Popper's Penguins | Richard Atwater

I love the illustrations!

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hmarkins
Mr. Popper's Penguins | Richard Atwater
Pickpick

This is a great book that bring human characteristics to penguins - children love talking animals!

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elijahsmith
Mr. Popper's Penguins: Enhanced Edition | Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson

“They solemnly lofted their flippers and waved”

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elijahsmith
Mr. Popper's Penguins: Enhanced Edition | Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson
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I enjoyed the silliness of this tale as well as the illustrations in the book.

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elijahsmith
Mr. Popper's Penguins: Enhanced Edition | Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson
Mehso-so

This book was very interesting to say the least. It has quite a funny idea to begin with, but some of the things that happen are very random. Although it is a modern fantasy tale, I found this book odd.

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jkraynak
Mr. Popper's Penguins: Enhanced Edition | Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson

“Mr Popper was quite worried when he found all these changes were going to be very expensive.”

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jkraynak
Mr. Popper's Penguins: Enhanced Edition | Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson

I liked how the name of the penguin was Captain Cook

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jkraynak
Mr. Popper's Penguins | Richard Atwater
Mehso-so

I love how this story includes lots of fun illustrations. Ot was fun to flip through. Mr. Popper‘s Penguins tells the story of Mr Popper and his family. Mr. Popper is a house painter. They‘re poor and live in a small town. The setting takes place in the 1930s, which makes for a cool story.

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abbychlosta
Mr. Popper's Penguins | Richard Atwater

“Now a penguin may look very strange in a living room, but a living room looks very strange to a penguin.“

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abbychlosta
Mr. Popper's Penguins | Richard Atwater

This book is a classic. I remember reading this as a kid and loving it. It is fun to go along with all of their adventure and I love penguins!

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abbychlosta
Mr. Popper's Penguins | Richard Atwater
Pickpick

Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater is a piece of modern fantasy. It was written in 1938. This book is about a man who writes to the Admiral Drake and Drake ended up sending Mr. Popper a penguin. The Penguin lives with him in his house and then he ends up getting another one. They then have a bunch and put them in a circus to make money. Then penguins are then sent back to the north pole. This is a classic! I remember reading it long ago!

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ev844718
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“Indeed, they walked to the bus line very nicely in the following line of march.”

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ev844718
Mr. Popper's Penguins: Enhanced Edition | Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson

Very cute chapter book. I like the small illustrations also to give the students a visual!

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ev844718
Mr. Popper's Penguins: Enhanced Edition | Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson
Pickpick

Mr. Popper‘s Penguins by Richard Atwater was published in 1938. The book is about a man, Mr.Popper, who has a strong interest in penguins and their environments. When he one day receives a penguin in the mail, he finds that he needs to make some changes to give them the cold life they need! Before you know it, he had 10 penguins in his home and he had to care for them all. He trained them and used them in a popular show throughout the community!

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sarabellini
Mr. Popper's Penguins: Enhanced Edition | Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson

“Mr. Popper had read that penguins are extremely curious, and he soon found that this was true, for stepping out, the visitor began to inspect the house. Down the hall it went and into the bedrooms, with its strange, pompous little strut.“

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sarabellini
Mr. Popper's Penguins: Enhanced Edition | Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson

I thought it was funny how a penguin showed up to Mr. Popper's house in a large box. He keeps the penguin in the icebox refrigerator and drills holes in it so the penguin can breathe. He takes the penguin on walks on a leash and even to the barbershop. The penguin, Greta, was sent to live with Mr. Popper and Captain Crook so the two penguins are not as lonely.

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sarabellini
Mr. Popper's Penguins: Enhanced Edition | Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson
Pickpick

I think I would enjoy this book because it is about a house painter who tries to raise a dozen penguins in his family's home. He takes them on a nationwide circus tour to help pay to take care of them.

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maddyhensley
Mr. Popper's Penguins: Enhanced Edition | Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson

“In the pleasant little city of Stillwater, Mr. Popper, the house painter, was going home from work.”

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maddyhensley
Mr. Popper's Penguins: Enhanced Edition | Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson

I think Atwater publish a book that would be great in any classroom. Animals hold high interests in children‘s lives especially covering on how life is living with them.

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maddyhensley
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Pickpick

Mr. Popper‘s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater published in 1983 is a classic. It‘s a story of a man and his life with 12 penguins.

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mack2799
Mr. Popper's Penguins: Enhanced Edition | Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson

“Mr. Popper had read that penguins are extremely curious, and he soon found that this was true, for stepping out, the visitor began to inspect the house. Down the hall it went and into the bedrooms, with its strange, pompous little strut.“

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mack2799
Mr. Popper's Penguins: Enhanced Edition | Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson
Pickpick

This modern fantasy book contains eccentric characters and preposterous situations that make a story thought to be believable, quite interesting. It contains characters that live normal lives but with an added twist of a family of penguins inside someone's house. Gives off the idea that creativity is possible, even in our own lives that we live. It also has a very exciting plot that gives a firm background and attention to detail.

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mack2799
Mr. Popper's Penguins: Enhanced Edition | Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson

This book was cute and tells the story of how one generic family got a surprising visit from penguins! I loved this book as a kid and actually made me want to keep reading. Something all kids enjoy!

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cparsley
Mr. Popper's Penguins | Richard Atwater

I chose the quote when mrs popper said “I sometimes with you had the kind of work that lasted all year” This kinda game me an idea that his world was about to change and gave me foreshadowing about the rest of the book.

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cparsley
Mr. Popper's Penguins | Richard Atwater

I would read this maybe early on with 2nd graders becuase they would be very interested in the fact that there‘s animals (penguins) and it‘s not too much to follow and goes towards what they‘re interested in

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cparsley
Mr. Popper's Penguins | Richard Atwater
Pickpick

This is a modern fantasy. I liked the beginning of this book it was a good introduction to what modern fantasy was and from it I could grasp the idea of modern fantasy books

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DebinHawaii
Mr. Popper's Penguins: Enhanced Edition | Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson
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#SoaringScores
#ImperialMarch made me think of emperor penguins marching which brought me to a childhood favorite... Mr. Popper‘s Penguins 🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧

Cinfhen 🖤🐧🧡🐧🖤🐧🧡 4y
Owlizabeth This was a favorite for me growing up!! 4y
CrowCAH Aww so cool 🐧 4y
CafeMom My son loved this book when he was little. 4y
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