But in the theater in New York City, the penguins cause trouble; what's worse, they have inadvertently shown up at the wrong theater. Although it's very different from the film (I'm pretty sure all they took from the book was the name and the penguins), it was still awesome. 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.

The ending totally turned me off of the book altogether (the father leaves for the Arctic for a year or two with barely a good-bye. 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). Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage.Popper’s Penguins; however, as soon as I started reading this delightful book, I realized that I had never read it as a child.

Florence taught high school French, English, and Latin, and she also wrote a number of articles for the New Yorker and the Atlantic. Popper’s Penguins remained a bestselling book throughout her lifetime, and has enchanted children and adults for over seventy years. Popper dreams of being an intrepid Antarctic explorer, living life among the penguins alongside his hero, Admiral Drake. Popper has the main things moved upstairs and a freezing plant installed in the basement for the birds.Decided to try it on the seven year-old, who likes animal stories, and was curious to see if I'd still like it at this late date. Byrd's Antarctic expedition, he began writing the first part of the book but was forced to stop due to a stroke he suffered in 1934. Richard’s first children’s book was Doris and the Trolls, about two children who follow a cat named Mitzi to a land of mischievous trolls to rescue the Ting Tang Fairy. It was sort of like a fantasy setting, following a contact with an explorer and the principal character that resulted in a penguin, then more came into the lives of the principal character and his family lives.