Gooney Bird Greene

"Gooney Bird Greene" is a novel about a very unusual girl by Lois Lowry.

Plot

Mrs. Pidgeon's second grade has one student who is 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.

When story time arrives, the choice is unanimous: they want to hear about Gooney Bird Greene. And that suits her just fine, because, as it turns out, Gooney Bird has quite a few interesting and absolutely true stories to tell. One example is when she tells a story called the prince the palace and the diamond earrings. the so called "prince" is actually her neighbors named Mr. & Mrs. Prinn (the Prinns). The palace is an ice cream shop and the diamond earrings are fake and were found inside "the palace" in a gum ball machine.

Reviews

*"Irrepressible Gooney Bird is that rare bird in children's fiction: one that instantly becomes an amusing and popular favorite"
**Kirkus

*"Two-time Newbery Medalist Lowry introduces a feisty, friendly heroine in this light novel. . .youngsters will likely hope that Gooney Bird has enough tales stored in her fertile imagination to fill another volume."
**Publishers Weekly

*"Lowry's masterful writing style reaches directly into her audience, managing both to appeal to young listeners and to engage readers"
**The Bulletin

*"Veteran author Lowry produces a laugh-out-loud chapter book"
**Booklist

*"Writing for a younger audience than usual, Lowry displays a keen understanding of how second-grade classrooms operate. [Gooney Bird's] a fine storyteller and her message to classmates - that they too have stories to share - is a good one."
*Horn Book

External links

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