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Mr. Popper's Penguins Book Study

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Recommended for: Primary Years (K-3rd)

Create lasting connections through this rich story while you study themes such as science, nature, geography, history, and language arts. This four-week book study is a digital download you can use in your homeschool or as book study with a group. Each download includes:

  • Mr. Popper's Penguins Book Study with weekly lesson plans, recipes, and more
  • Mr. Popper's Penguins Book Report Template
  • Mr. Popper's Penguins Extension Book List
  • Multimedia Reference Materials links
  • Book Club Meet-up Guide

Overview of Mr. Popper's Penguins

Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Florence and Richard Atwater is a heartfelt story about an eccentric house painter who resides in the small town of Stillwater with his family. As he goes through his daily life, he dreams of venturing out of the small town to visit the North and South Poles.

 Fascinated by these faraway places, he studies maps and atlases dreaming about visiting the continents, while his practical wife handles the duties of daily life. When Mr. Popper sends a letter to an Antarctic explorer, he is surprised with an unexpected gift, a penguin named Captain Cook. To repair the penguin’s loneliness, Mr. Popper acquires Greta, another penguin, and together they generate a family of penguins.

The story follows Mr. Popper and his brood of penguins as they adapt their home to accommodate the needs of the animals, train them to perform and more. As the penguins charm all who see them, Mr. Popper is faced with hard decisions about what is best for the animals, and what environment they will ultimately thrive in. This tale explores themes like the pursuit of dreams, the importance of family, adapting to unexpected change, responsibility for one’s actions, and the value of compromise.

Themes covered in this study

  • Polar regions
  • Polar exploration and explorers
  • Penguin behavior
  • Penguin diets
  • Penguin nests
  • Captain Cook
  • Penguin parenting roles
  • Penguin babies
  • Animal Circus acts
  • Train travel
  • Seals
  • Polar bears
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See a Sample Lesson Plan

Each book contains four weekly lesson plans to be used as a menu so parents can choose which activities to do each day.

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Jen
Engaging and creative

I have been so pleased with this book study. Plenty of creative ideas to expand on related topics and keep us all engaged. We'll be using another THSH book study with our book club and are looking forward to it! Highly recommend

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MomKINS
The Boy Who Harnassed The Wind

We had such a great experience with this family style book study, and the guide truly supported branching out to so many relevant topics that we were able to go further down the rabbit hole. The reference links with videos and additional reading materials was a huge support. Thank You!

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Kylie Marlowe

This study is laid out in an easy way to read and gives us fresh ideas. I'm able to include my 4 and 2 year old with my 7 year old!

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Elizabeth R
Inspiring book study

I am using this study with my 6 and 2.5 year old and we have loved it so far! It's made my prep easy with so many ideas for books, activities, and educational videos. I was looking for something that was literature based, required very little prep on my part, yet had flexibility for our needs, and this has been perfect!

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Ashley
Best book studies!

We have loved all of THSH book studies! All very well done. Her book choices are lovely. This one included!

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