"The lovable Mr. Popper dreams of being an intrepid Antarctic explorer, living his life among the penguins alongside his hero, Admiral Drake. So he is shocked one day when the Admiral responds to his fan letter by sending him a package containing a real, live penguin. Soon, this penguin is joined by another, and before long Mr. Popper has an ice rink in the basement and a dozen delightful penguins living in his house. With hardly enough money to feed...

Rhyming text teaches what penguins eat, what eats penguins, why they look the way they look, how they move, and what they say. Includes an index of all the different types of penguins around the world, their names, where they can be found in the world, and how big they are.

Leon Penguin gets up in the middle of the night all by himself to go to the bathroom

Little Penguin, who has the "soul of an eagle," enrolls in flight school.

Elliot, a very proper young man, feels a kinship with the penguins at the aquarium and wants to take one home with him

Tacky the penguin does not fit in with his sleek and graceful companions, but his odd behavior comes in handy when hunters come with maps and traps

Five little penguins flee from a seal, flying through the water, and find themselves in an innocent game of tag.

Even though the penguin and the boy are close friends and do many things together, the penguin decides that he wants to fly and he wants to do it on his own

Penguin teaches his animal friends how to behave when they are invited for dinner

After Little Pip the penguin gets lost she meets a whale, a kelp gull, and sled dogs who cannot help her, but with the aid of her family's song, home finds her