Gooney Bird Is So Absurd
Gooney Bird Is So Absurd
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Gooney Bird Is So Absurd

Written by Lois Lowry & illustrated by Middy Thomas
Book #4 in the Gooney Bird Greene Series
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$7.59
6 - 9
Reading age
112
Page count
590L
Lexile measure
Jan 1, 2009
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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.

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friendshipdeath, grief, and bereavementsocial themesdeathfeelings and emotionswinterelementary schoolteachersschool

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780547875590
    Publication Date
    January 1, 2009
    Publisher
    HMH Books
    Page Count
    112
    Audience
    Juvenile Reader
    Reading Age
    6 - 9 years
    Lexile® Level
    590L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~O
    Est. ATOS® Book Level
    ~3.8

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