My kids made me read this to them in a single sitting - they couldn't bear to stop. The class becomes entranced by the stories she tells, which have intriguing titles like such as "How Gooney Bird Came from China on a Flying Carpet." Gooney Bird says all her stories are "Absolutely True" and at first no one believes her, but as double meanings in the titles are revealed it turns out the stories are in fact believable.Īs Gooney Bird tells her stories, the teacher or Gooney Bird slip in asides about making a good story, such as having a beginning, middle and end, or using words like "suddenly" to keep things interesting. Her outlandish dress is the first clue that she's not going to be your conventional student, but soon the class discovers that Gooney Bird can tell a great story. This is a very funny book with great stories, clever twists, and, believe it or not, embedded instruction about how to create a good story. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry (Yearling, 2004) Lois Lowry has four children and two grandchildren. One of her other hobbies is photography, and her own photos grace the covers of Number the Stars, The Giver, and Gathering Blue. When she’s not writing, Lowry enjoys gardening during the spring and summer and knitting during the winter. Before she begins a book, she usually knows the beginning and end of her story. Now she spends time writing every single day. After some time, she returned to college and received her undergraduate degree from the University of Maine.Lowry didn’t start writing professionally until she was in her mid-30s. So when story time arrives, the choice is unanimous: they want to hear about Gooney Bird Greene. From the moment Gooney Bird Greene arrives at Watertower Elementary School, her fellow second-graders are intrigued by her unique sense of style and her unusual lunches. She left school at 19, got married, and had four children before her 25th birthday. from 6.04 29 Used from 6.04 14 New from 10.79. She still likes to travel.At the age of 17, Lowry attended Brown University and majored in writing.
Army and his job entailed a lot of traveling. An author who is “fast becoming the Beverly Cleary for the upper middle grades” (The Horn Book Magazine), Lois Lowry has written more than 20 books for young adults and is a two-time Newbery Medal winner.Lowry was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and attended junior high school in Tokyo, Japan.
Whether she’s writing comedy, adventure, or poignant, powerful drama–from Attaboy, Sam! and Anastasia Krupnik to Number the Stars and The Giver–Lois Lowry’s appeal is as broad as her subject matter and as deep as her desire to affect an eager generation of readers.
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