Gooney Bird Is So Absurd by Lois Lowry

Gooney Bird Is So Absurd by Lois Lowry

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.

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. 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. Her father was a dentist for the U.S. Army and his job entailed a lot of traveling. She still likes to travel.At the age of 17, Lowry attended Brown University and majored in writing. She left school at 19, got married, and had four children before her 25th birthday. 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. Now she spends time writing every single day. Before she begins a book, she usually knows the beginning and end of her story. When she's not writing, Lowry enjoys gardening during the spring and summer and knitting during the winter. One of her other hobbies is photography, and her own photos grace the covers of Number the Stars, The Giver, and Gathering Blue. Lois Lowry has four children and two grandchildren. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Katherine Borowitz has appeared in numerous TV series, including the miniseries Evergreen Hothouse, Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, and Amazing Stories. Her film credits include Baby Boom, Internal Affairs, Men of Respect, and Quiz Show. She is billed under her married name, Katherine Tuturro (married to actor John Tuturro), as well as her maiden name Borowitz.

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ISBN 13	9780547875590
ISBN 10	0547875592
Title	Gooney Bird Is So Absurd
Author	Lois Lowry
Series	Gooney Bird Greene Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Houghton Mifflin
Year published	2013-01-08
Number of pages	112
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.