Mr. Popper's Penguins
Written By: Richard and Florence Atwater
Illustrated By: Robert Lawson
Summary:
Mr. Popper is an ordinary man who paints houses but has a desire for adventure. He listens to a radio broadcast from an explorer in Antartica, Admiral Drake, who promises him a surprise in the mail. When he receives a penguin, his life is turned topsy turvy. His penguin gets sick, and when he learns that it is because of lonliness, he soon receives another penguin in the mail. Mr. Popper ends up with a 12 penguin circus act that travels and pays his bills. When Mr. Popper and his penuins show up at the wrong theater and cause trouble they are arrested and have to be rescued by Admiral Drake. He ends up taking the penguins with him to Antartica where they will be more comfortable, and at the last minute Mr. Popper decides to join them, getting the adventure he has always longed for.
Application:
This book deals with penguins and their needs, so it would be a good book to talk about animals and their environments, why certain animals can't survive in certain climates, what types of things the penguins needed (even in this fictional setting,) etc.
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