Gooney Bird
Author
Author
Series
Gooney Bird volume 1
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A most unusual new student who loves to be the center of attention entertains her teacher and fellow second graders by telling absolutely true stories about herself, including how she got her name. Two-time Newbery Medalist Lois Lowry introduces a new girl in class who loves being the center of attention and tells the most entertaining "absolutely true" stories. There's never been anyone like Gooney Bird Greene at Watertower Elementary School. What...
Author
Series
Gooney Bird volume 2
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gooney Bird Greene, an entertaining second grader who introduces challenging vocabulary words and tells "absolutely true" stories, finds a surprise room mother to bring cupcakes for the Thanksgiving pageant.
Author
Series
Gooney Bird volume 3
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
Gooney Bird Greene takes charge of a class project as she and her fellow students in Mrs. Pidgeon's second grade class learn about fables by each making up their own based on an animal that begins with the same letter as their first name.
Author
Series
Gooney Bird volume 4
Pub. Date
[2009]
Lexile measure
590L
Physical Desc
105 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Gooney Bird volume 5
Pub. Date
2011.
Lexile measure
580L
Physical Desc
125 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When her second-grade classmates are envious of the three students who are going away on winter vacation, the creative and ingenious Gooney Bird Greene thinks of a geography activity to cheer them all up.
Author
Series
Gooney Bird volume 6
Pub. Date
2014.
Lexile measure
610L
Physical Desc
151 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Gooney Bird's Great Uncle Walter lends her second grade class a skeleton while they study human anatomy, and at the end of the month the students use Gooney Bird's charm bracelet to present all they have learned.
