Gooney Bird and the Room Mother

"Gooney Bird and the Room Mother" is a novel by Lois Lowry.

Plot

Mrs. Pidgeon's second grade has one student who is, shall we say, somewhat unusual. New to the school in October, by Thanksgiving she has completely entranced the entire class. And there's a whole school year yet to come.

Everything is Mrs. Pigeon's second grade classroom is ready for the Thanksgiving pageant. Except that the costumes don't fit. And there's no Room Mother to make refreshments. And every child wants to be Squanto. And the newly-composed songs are...well, not that great. But suddenly...there is always a suddenly!...under Gooney Bird's able direction, things fall into place and a catastrophe turns into a triumph.

Mrs. Pidgeon's second grade classroom is in the midst of chaos. The Thanksgiving pageant is coming up. They don't yet have a room mother, and the principal is becoming impatient. Who's right smack in the middle of everything? Who comes to the rescue? Gooney Bird Greene, of course!

And who is to become the class room mother?

“I’ll write it down,” Gooney Bird Greene said. She went to the board and picked up the chalk. “Class,” she said, “get out your dictionaries.” She wrote a word very carefully on the board, at the end of the list.

The word she wrote was INCOGNITO.

“This is our room mother’s name,” she said.

External links

* [http://www.loislowry.com/ Lowry's website]
* [http://www.loislowry.com/books.html Complete list of books] by Lowry