Mr. Popper's Penguins (Newbery Honor Award Winner)

I read this book out loud to my family, which includes hubby, a teen boy, and a tween girl. We each giggled at least once, including my very serious husband. I knew it had the stamp of approval when we finished chapter 19 of 20 and there was a collective groan when I read the title of the 20th and last chapter, but put the book down for the next night. We read one chapter each evening, or about 15-20 minutes if there were no chapter delineations, as in some other books. That chapter 20 title indicated that the end was coming for Mr. Popper's Penguins. Last night we read the last chapter. Sigh. I wasn't ready for it to be over. If you read the Kindle copy of the book, be sure to read the end-of-book matter. There are pictures of the Atwater family, and an explanation of how this book came to be. I'm SO glad Mrs. Atwater made some realistic changes to the book before it was published after Mr. Atwater's death. What she did turned it into the award-winning classic that it is, a must-read for all ages. This book was an assigned read-aloud for our homeschool curriculum, but we set it aside in a big stack of books to be read later, since it was just for enjoyment and not really related to other readings and assignments in the curriculum at the time. I'm so glad we waited, because now it would be remembered forever. It was very different from the Jim Carrey movie (also fabulous), so read this and enjoy a completely different story. Pretty much the only things relating the book and movie were the character names and the plethora of penguins! Enjoy some time with your family and read aloud!

The story in this book has been a joy for children to read for about three generations. I have not yet heard from the parents of the child to whom I gave it for Christmas, but they expected the child would be delighted.

Great book. Fun, classic story and my son loved it. Kept him interested the whole way through.

Got this as part of school curriculum for kindergarten. It is for my kid who is learning to read. My kid loved these & he is so encouraged that he picks his book and keep trying himself. Easy to read. Overall does the job and would recommend these. I do feel for what you get, these are reasonable priced. The hard copy option is way more expensive so went with paper back option.

Cute story. Fast read. Very silly. Kids should love it!!

Kids loved it.

Like War and Peace, great literature is timeless and this was so much a part of my childhood I could not resist sharing it with my granddaughter! Now if I could only tear it away from her so I can relive a brighter happier time myself!

My Four-Year-Old is just beginning to be interested in having chapter books read to her. But as she gets stressed out by conflict of any sort, it's kind of tough finding good candidates for her. This is a winner. For those of you who haven't read the book, the basic premise is that a house painter who spends his off-hours reading about (and writing to) explorers in the South Pole receives a penguin in the mail from one of those explorers. Since his work is over for the winter, he becomes very involved in the comfort and care of said penguin (and the eleven other penguins that quickly follow). In the end, he transforms his basement into an ice rink (an idea my daughter wholeheartedly supports, by the way), and spends more than his wife ever thought possible on fish and canned shrimp. I won't tell you how an out-of-work house painter manages to pay for all that (wouldn't want to spoil the ending), but I will say that the process is highly entertaining for all involved. I found myself looking forward to each night's installment of Mr. Popper nearly as much as The Four-Year-Old. Although I personally found the ending to be highly improbable, The Four-Year-Old saw nothing at all the matter with it--except for that little bit of unpleasantness with the policemen and firemen--and has spent many a happy evening reenacting the finale in the bathtub. And now, if you will excuse me, I need to go read Mr. Popper's Penguins to The Four-Year-Old again. I promised her I would as soon as I finished writing the review. (Excerpted from review posted on my blog: Caterpickles-Scientific & Linguistic Engagement with a 4-Year-Old Mind)

I am satisfied with the postal service, the book I received was like the one shown in the picture.

This is a cute story of a man finding himself quickly surrounded by lots of penguins. He already has a wife and two children, and quite an ordinary life. And then a penguin arrives out of the blue, quickly followed by its entire family! Funny and easy to read, not to be missed!

I came across this book and decided to check it out as I've seen the Jim Carrey film of the same name. I'm glad I did as I really enjoyed it and found it to be an excellent book and one that was easy to read and understand. It was comical too.

出だしの楽しそうなBGMと魅力的な朗読に惹かれて購入しました。 CDつきbookと勘違いして購入してしまいましたが、内容が易しいこともあり、 本がなくてもほとんど聞き取ることができます。 プロが読んでいるらしく、臨場感はすばらしいものです。英語教材としても名作といってよいのでは。

As described. Arrived quickly.