Prologue
Describe the Popper Parade.
This happened yearly. There was no school or work that day. It was September 30. The purpose was to celebrate the Poppers. People wore costumes.
What are the kids' names?
Joel and Nina
Where do the kids want to take the penguins?
Popper Island
What did the sign on the hut say?
Here marks the hut built by Mr. Popper and Admiral Drake, the two gentlemen who brought penguins to the Arctic in 1936.
What is the puffin problem?
Describe the costumes from the parade?
Kids - Penguin costumes - some accurate, some more like skunks or hamsters.
Adults - other characters, elegant 1930s clothes
What did they find in the basement?
two eggs
Who will be their boat captain?
Yuka
Where did the caretaker go?
He got a toothache and left to get it fixed and to see his family.
How do the kids want to solve the problem?
Take the penguins to the Antarctic, their natural habitat.
What were the original two Popper Penguins named?
Captain Cook & Greta
How did they learn about penguins?
They went to the library.
Yuka is an Inuit. Define inuit.
It means his ancestors lived in the Arctic long before Europeans got there.
How were the Poppers getting fish?
The penguins would bring fish to the doorstep of the hut.
How do they get the penguins on the boat?
They play music and the penguins follow like the original Popper penguins in a line.
Why did they become famous?
They had a traveling theatrical act.
What happened on the first day of school?
Eggs were hatching in their backpacks!
What happened to the computer on the ship?
Ernest meddled with it and tossed parts overboard.
What danger is coming?
a STORM
What species are the penguins? What species are Ernest and Mae?
Gentoo, Magellanic
Name 2 other Popper Penguins.
Columbus, Victoria, Nelson, Jenny, Magellan, Adelina, Scott, Isabella, Ferdinand, and Louisa
What did they name the penguins?
Bonus points: Should they have lied to their mom??
Ernest and Mae
No!
What happened because of the broken computer?
They couldn't navigate rocks and dangerous obstacles. They hit something and ran aground.
All of the penguins came inside the hut.
How does the story end?
Ernest and Mae get to go back home with the Poppers!