Gooney Bird Is So Absurd (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780547875590)

The fourth hilarious title in Lowis Lowry's popular Gooney Bird series

It's a cold January at the Watertower Elementary School--the perfect weather for Gooney Bird Greene to break out her special brain-warming hat It's a good thing she has one. Gooney Bird's brain will need to be as warm as possible this month, because Mrs. Pidgeon is teaching her class about poetry. Who knew there could be so many different ways to write a poem? Haikus, couplets, limericks--Mrs. Pidgeon's students soon find that writing good poetry takes a lot of hard work and creative thinking. Gooney Bird and her classmates are up to the challenge. But just when things are going well, the kids get some terrible news. Gooney Bird will need all the inspiration her brain can muster to organize the most important poem the class has ever written.

Author: Lois Lowry
ISBN-10: 0547875592
ISBN-13: 9780547875590
Publisher: Clarion Books
Language: English
Published: 01/08/2013
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.00w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.8
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 130419 / Gooney Bird Is So Absurd

About the Author

Lois Lowry is a two-time Newbery Medal winner for Number the Stars and The Giver, the first of a quartet. She now divides her time between Cambridge, Massachusetts, and an 1840s farmhouse in Maine. Visit her website at www.loislowry.com and visit www.hmhbooks.com/gooneybirdgreene.

The illustrator Middy Thomas is a native Mainer and art teacher. She lives in Brunswick, Maine.