Melanie:)

Introduction/General Information about the Book
Title: Mr. Popper’s Penguins
Author: Richard Atwater
Type of Book (fantasy, humor, science fiction, mystery, biography, non-fiction): Fiction
Main Character
Main Character: Mr. Popper
Describe this character: humorous, caring
The main character changes from a regular person to a famous person by the end of the story.
The main character does the right thing when: Mr. Popper lets his 12 penguins go and live in the North Pole for a government expedition.
I can identify with the character when: He takes penguins to audition.

Other Characters
Another Character: Captain Cook
Details: penguin, energetic, named after the famous James Cook
Another Character: Mrs. Popper
Details: wife helps save family

Setting
Describe the time and place of the story: From winter to spring at 432 Proudfoot Avenue
Comments about the setting (examples: setting makes story exciting, setting has an important effect on main character, setting is/is not exciting or new, setting increased my knowledge of something): The setting made the story go in different directions.

Theme
What is the author trying to say in this story? What is his lesson in life?
Is there a moral to this story? Even if you aren’t the richest person you can still do anything.
This is a story about (courage? working hard? doing the right thing? greed? importance of friends? jealousy? love? caring? happiness? sadness?) Doing the right thing
This book showed me/I learned from this story: It doesn’t matter how much money you have
State a problem in the story and how it was solved: The penguins could not live in the hot spring so Mr. Popper took stuff out of the basement and put a freezing plant in it.

Plot: The Action/Summary of What Happened in the Story
Summary of the story (list up to 6 events that happened in the story; keep them in order):
1. Received Captain Cook

2. Captain Cook got home sick so Mr. Popper got Lucinda

3. Captain Cook and Lucinda had 12 baby penguins

4. Mr. Popper put a freezing plant in his basement.

5. Mr. Popper and his 12 penguins went to audition for an act / got the act

6. Mr. Popper and the Penguins went to the North Pole

Evaluation of the Book
What did you think of the book? It was a very interesting book
What did you like about the book? That there were penguins and at the end they got to go to the North Pole
What didn’t you like about the book? That the penguins had to go live in the North Pole
Was the story confusing or hard to believe? No
Was the story predictable (could you guess what was going to happen?) At some parts I could but at others I couldn’t
Was the story believable? Not all of it
The ending was very happy/sad because the penguins went to the North Pole with Mr. Popper but he had to leave his family behind.

Award Won
Newbery

Dear Mr. Popper,
How are you and your family? I’m very swell as of now. I’m in school and I play in the band. I thought it was very extraordinary how you could keep 12 penguins in your house even through hard times. And that you convinced Mrs. Popper to play the piano for the penguins.
How are your children are they sad the penguins have left I would be. I hope that they had fun with them. I would’ve had fun especially when it snowed. Well that’s about all for now.

With Love,
Melanie