Gooney Bird Is So Absurd

By Lowry, Lois

Publishers Summary:
Mrs. Pidgeon's second grade class studies poetry and her students write haiku, couplets, free verse, and finally, a tribute to Mrs. Pidgeon's mother organized by the irrepressible Gooney Bird Greene.

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ISBN
978-0-54711-967-0
Publisher
Houghton


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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

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