Gooney Bird Is So Absurd Contributor(s): Lowry, Lois (Author), Thomas, Middy (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0547875592 ISBN-13: 9780547875590 Publisher: Clarion Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: January 2013 Click for more in this series: Gooney Bird Greene |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2011287986 |
Age Level: 6-9 |
Grade Level: 1-4 |
Lexile Measure: 590(Not Available) |
Series: Gooney Bird Greene |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5" W x 7.5" L (0.25 lbs) 112 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Death/Dying - Topical - Friendship - Seasonal - Winter - Event - Winter |
Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 130419 Reading Level: 3.8 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Thomas, Middy: - Middy Thomas is a native Mainer. She loves all forms of art and works in all mediums, from painting to printing to sculpture. Ms. Thomas also teaches two art classes a week in her studio.Lowry, Lois: - Lois Lowry is the author of more than forty books for children and young adults, including the New York Times bestselling Giver Quartet and popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader's Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, Number the Stars and The Giver. Her first novel, A Summer to Die, was awarded the International Reading Association's Children's Book Award. Ms. Lowry lives in Maine. |
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