Richard & Florence Atwater

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Richard and Florence Atwater together wrote the book Mr. Popper's Penguins, which won the 1939 Newbery Honor Award.

[edit] Richard

Richard Atwater was a newspaper columnist at the University of Chicago. He wrote the first part of the book but was forced to stop due to a serious illness.

[edit] Florence

Florence was Richard's husband. She completed the book he started.

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