Gooney Bird Greene is a great series for all ages! I really wanted to find a book that the students in my second grade class would like. I read a lot of reviews before choosing this series, but it was worth it. Gooney Bird Greene is a second grader who is new to her school. She dresses in crazy outfits everyday and she LOVES to be smack dap in the middle of everything. She eventually begins telling her class stories about her life everyday during story time. One story she told was about her moving to her new town from China on a flying carpet. The teacher of course told her that it was ok to make up stories, but she shouldn't tell people they were true if they weren't. There is no way you could fly across the ocean or anywhere for that matter on a flying carpet. Gooney then got a map and told her there were many cities in the US that also had the name of China. She then announced that all her stories are absolutely true. The story about her flying on the carpet was great and it was a story that really happened to her. All of Gooneys stories seem far fetched and untrue, but after she explains them you can see how the title of her story could be deceiving. I think this would be a great way to show students how the way things sound can be completely different than you think they will be. It would also be a great way to show how the more details you put into your stories and even in your writing things become much easier for the audience to understand and see in their minds. This novel was a lot of fun to read and I really think that both boys and girls could get into this series.
I was really excited when I found this series by Lois Lowry. Growing up I loved reading her books and it was great to see a humorous series written by her, since a lot of her books deal with series topics and aren't funny at all. I remember reading The Giver and Number the Stars when I was younger and I just remember how great both those books were, but how serious they were as well. This series is written by the same great author but it is light hearted and funny. I really enjoyed it and I believe students and adults would enjoy it as well.
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