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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2009
Gr 2-4 Gooney Bird Greene is back with her classmates for more fun. It's January, and the second grader has begun wearing a "two-ponytail hat" fashioned out of a pair of ruffled green underpants to keep her brain warm. Her outrageous behavior is endearing, and the support of her classmates is heartwarming. Throughout the winter the studen...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2009
Gooney Bird Greene has been in Mrs. Pidgeon's second grade classroom for four months, so you'd think everyone would be used to her unusual ways by now. They're still surprised, though, when she shows up wearing her special hat, just right for accommodating pigtails. The class erupts in giggles when they realize that her new "brain warmer" is really a pair of green ruffled underpants, but it doesn't t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
Mrs. Pidgeon directs Gooney Bird's class to write couplets, haiku, limericks, etc. After the death of Mrs. Pidgeon's mother (herself a p...Log In or Sign Up to Read More