Gooney Bird and All Her Charms

By Lois Lowry and Middy Thomas

“It’s March!” Mrs. Pidgeon said as she wrote the day’s date on the chalkboard. “In like a lion, out like a lamb!”

The morning bell has rung at Watertower Elementary School, and it’s time for Mrs. Pidgeon’s class to turn to page 52 in their science books to learn about one of the most spectacular scientific subjects of all—the human body! As usual, Gooney Bird has a special plan to make learning more fun. But what on earth is in that scary-looking box that her uncle, Dr. Oglethorpe, has brought to the second grade? And what does it have to do with the charms on Gooney’s jingling silver bracelet? It looks as if another special story is in the works!

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Jan 14, 2014
• ISBN: 9780544151574

Lois Lowry

LOIS LOWRY, author of over thirty novels and twice winner of the Newbery Medal for The Giver and Number the Stars,was born on the 20th of March 1937 in Hawaii. Her father was an Army dentist and the family lived all over the world. She went to Brown University, but left to get married and a raise a family of four children. She settled in Maine, and returned to college receiving a degree from the University of Southern Maine. She fulfilled a childhood dream when she started writing in the 1970s.

Book preview

��9�cbook_preview_excerpt.html�X�n�J}�N~�v���!a�K @t D7����G���N�m�۱�_������(<ɞ�n�xBX�I��U�N���qw��v+��:���[<8��|%�Z��cp+q�ߝw'���>8�m�(��t��r%�k�H?n;5F�B/���ݪ2���]X��qB��S���Ӄ`��s��%�2���.�mD�a[n�r&���՗�~&����X݊7��wA\��Ѿ�m%^ئ��j&��K���V��W����wj��[n�󃃃�l��8?�!����Y
�����;՜\�J�չ���.p_[

/j�S� ��T g��n�P��`�Mk��/8�393��چ�ֶj%�kW ��?Ю�E-]����P>z�"�����]&�f��o�������۟^�vJ��ma���&�Z��ҳ
^�TN�JF�o)������&��>���� �[lٕ���DB��llj��6�����.�]��n#rt�< L�𥵼U0V���8���;���㽃��GG{���C���}��7S+���+ʹ�ăL\%ߦ���������ӣL��2q��gq��x�Rt^,�;�'�����I1��9��������x��}��G��
R�hm:��;������?88�?~�h|����p�������yv0ߜI�,�����z����獬���}�t\�yp�� ���<ާ�����v�5��t�}[�s�wv�O�K���c=i> � j�sku�8�>9�J
�J-.��mv�@�n������J&�vY�u������bq�#m.o��H<�oێV��
i�M,���P4"g oBR�%�ۍ��7%l�A����d)�c*Qj�Q��u�GB6Q�PuE��V��݉!W6��?��!��L2N��J�� �,��2���\U -�n��rЯ�D�8!�h��Z+�2� �Ӎ��4�U���&��B+W(&�l��_��wO�_��ϦYĺ���Y/� ݧMK��R��5}��2��R���nt 8�}b+� �&SkI#��@��艤�>�Ŕ 0����?�)b�ٴ�f�y�կ�wL�mƸ�&>G\�)th��h�l�be���@=�ヒ[?�tҀ* �,yv�d��}I���~A]x-K�7��h��Ѿ�p�_�K{�����Ʋ�aM
9ki8a]Q5�홸Q`>䡧�L>��:kN��26:��H����5�w��.��Jg7R������Q��j�o�I��x��<���?���>�������(���7Ƅ��T���&m�0#�x=��[Z�k���V��G��I�H�3f&0"�8�rG0������$����E�FJ��D��qr���EJ�J��^��{0�ڹ!ɬ�k,���h��΍��odl���_A'�:B��u�Ţp:W�&[�<�6���ЗEo��sMd�qn2��� �R;b�C� i��mT�3w�:�A�%���*6%����9�����.�4� O�C�K�3�͇���O�e�usz%.?\�9{)d��i�*�x� �fp�GH�,5�s3 �
{(�1��l�ۙS�����19�q ��XIf;MfE,^�E@�#*ſt���n@��DjSY�\m���o��ؠ�})%5���Ztɮo�\�}�mt�Ӓ����󜆚�3��fg�� 1���F�ZbR�5K?`�k�L��O|�NV���)�S|6��
��n���t��W���H�{�!V ���@o6���H��

Enjoying the preview?

Subscribe to continue reading

Reviews for Gooney Bird and All Her Charms

[gaby317 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I'd ordered Gooney Bird and All Her Charms with my 6 year old niece in mind. I've been collecting books to send her and I expect that this will go over well. It's my first time to read a Lois Lowry Gooney Bird adventure and it's an easy series to enjoy.Gooney Bird loves hats, glasses, dressing up, but in a way that reminded me a bit of Pippi Longstocking because she chooses her accessories with a sense of fun and purpose. She has a serious hat that she wears for important meetings - such as her meetings with the librarian, the school principal, etc. She's not shy but she's not pushy either. She speaks her mind but listens to her classmates. She's comfortable with the limelight but doesn't have to always be the star. She's the active, self assured, funny girl that I imagine young girls would love to spend time with, befriend, emulate.In this particular story, Gooney Bird's second grade class is studying the human body. Gooney Bird's great uncle lends the class a skeleton as a teaching aid and the students gradually adjust to having a skeleton and are excited to share what they learn about the different systems of the body. The book mixes the biology lessons with humor - and does this very well. There are opponents to this new teaching tool and a disaster of sorts that requires teamwork from all the classmates to resolve.The one thing that I didn't enjoy was how the Keiko, the young Japanese American girl, was always scared, worried, easily upset. I'd much rather have a Japanese girl with a samurai spirit instead of a scared nervous and hyper feminine type.I look forward to reading the other books in the series and sharing this with my niece Sofia.