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Mr. Popper’s Penguins tells the story of Mr. Popper, a housepainter fascinated by the Arctic and Antarctic, who unexpectedly receives a penguin named Captain Cook. When Captain Cook becomes lonely, another penguin named Greta joins him, and they produce a brood. The Popper family renovates their home to care for the penguins and eventually trains them to perform, touring the country and ultimately sending them to the North Pole to start a colony, fulfilling Mr. Popper's dreams of exploration.