Mr. Popper paints houses for a living but in the winter when no one wants his services, he spends his time researching famous explorers and fantasizing about traveling around the world. Then one day, Admiral Cook answers his letter by sending him a penguin of his own from Antarctica and the adventure begins. First, how do you care for a penguin in your home in the midwestern United States, especially when you are broke? Then what about licensing and regulations? And what to do when he gets lonely? Mr. Popper has to come up with a way to deal with all these things and the adventure is on!
An extremely well done and cute book about an extraordinary experience for an ordinary family. My kids love it and it's easy to see why it's a classic.
Page count: 139p/35,430p ytd/179,830p lifetime
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