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Gooney Bird Greene Audiobook
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Two-time Newbery Medalist Lois Lowry introduces a new girl in class who loves being the center of attention and tells the most entertaining “absolutely true” stories. There’s never been anyone like Gooney Bird Greene at Watertower Elementary School. What other new kid comes to school wearing pajamas and cowboy boots one day and a polka-dot t-shirt and tutu on another? Gooney Bird has to sit right smack in the middle of the class because she likes to be in the middle of everything. She is the star of story time and keeps her teacher and classmates on the edge of their seats with her “absolutely true” stories. But what about her classmates? Do they have stories good enough to share?
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"Gooney Bird is a unique second-grader who has a talent for telling stories that are always "absolutely true." Not only are her stories, entertaining, but she manages to sneaks lots of hints about writing and story structure in as well."
— Katie (4 out of 5 stars)
Awards
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Winner of ALA Notable Children's Book, 2003
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Winner of Massachusetts Children's Book Award, 2004
Gooney Bird Greene Listener Reviews
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" It tries to hard to shove the message of accepting differences and eccentricities down your throat. I hate books like that. "
— Melanie, 2/6/2014 -
" The audio has a fun southern accent for Gooney Bird - I probably wouldn't have picked up on this without hearing the audio. I think it would make a fun classroom read for 2nd grade as students get into writing their own stories. "
— Mary, 1/27/2014 -
" OMG i loved/ love this book since like 3rd grade, i have it if you wanna read it just give me a call <3 "
— Daniela, 1/13/2014 -
" A fun series about writing. It presents basic concepts to help young kids wrote stories, poems, etc. Our whole family was inspired to try some of the suggestions in this fun, goofy story. "
— Emily, 1/5/2014 -
" A great introduction to story-telling and vocabulary words in an interesting book with an engaging character. Teaches all the parts of a story and how to create suspense..."suddenly." "
— Jeri, 12/12/2013 -
" Brilliant book to teach kids about writing and story telling. Such fun stories all acting like a sly lesson on story structure. "
— Tera, 12/3/2013 -
" We finished it! My son and I read this together as part of his summer reading program. Gooney was a fun character . . . and we both enjoyed her stories. "
— Sabrina, 9/22/2013 -
" This is Lucie's first "chapter" book. We've enjoyed reading it aloud together. Gooney Bird's stories are sweet and funny. And, the book isn't too long for a first foray into chapter books... "
— Megan, 7/18/2013 -
" This book is very cute when i was in third grade i read it. in this book nobody had evr seen someone like Gooney Bird Greene. "
— Hannah, 6/17/2013 -
" Well written, funny chapter book series. "
— Nbkyouth, 2/17/2013 -
" this book was super funny "
— Sarah, 11/18/2012
About Lois Lowry
Lois Lowry is the author of more than forty books for children and young adults, including the bestselling Giver Quartet and the popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received many honors, among them the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, Number the Stars and The Giver.
About Lee Adams
Lee Adams has been a voice artist for many years. Her work for the Educational Television Network can be heard on an array of videos, television series, station identifications, and commercials. She is also an accomplished singer/songwriter and lends her talents to various animation projects whenever possible. Lee has narrated both fiction and nonfiction audiobooks.