May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award: Lois Lowry
Finally available on audio in one fantastic 4-story collection! An excellent series for youngsters, Gooney Bird Greene is the star of story time and keeps her teacher and classmates on the edge of their seats with her “absolutely true” stories. Includes: Gooney Bird Greene, Gooney Bird and the Room Mother, Gooney the Fabulous, and Gooney Bird Is so Absurd. Praise for the series: “Lowry displays a keen understanding of how secondgrade classrooms operate.”—The Horn Book “Two-time Newbery Medalist Lowry introduces a feisty, friendly heroine...”—Publishers Weekly
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