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Richard & Florence Atwater |
Richard and Florence Atwater together wrote the book Mr. Popper's Penguins, which won the 1939 Newbery Honor Award.
Richard
Richard Tupper Atwater (1892-1948) was a newspaper columnist for the Chicago Evening Post and also taught Greek at the University of Chicago. In 1932, after watching a documentary about Robert Byrd's Antartic expedition, began writing the first part of the book but was forced to stop due to a stroke he suffered in 1934. Other books by Richard atwater include Rickety Rhymes of Riq (published in 1925) and Doris and the Trolls (published in 1931).
Florence
Florence Hasseltine Atwater was Richard's wife. She completed the book he started.
External links
- Lesson plans for Mr. Popper's Penguins at Web English Teacher
- Who's Who Chicago: Richard Atwater
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