Soon to be a major motion picture, Lois Lowry's 1994 Newbery
Medal–winning tale has become one of the most influential
novels of our time. The haunting story centers on Jonas who
lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and
contentment.
“They called her Water Claire.”
When the young girl washed up on their shore, no one knew she had been a Vessel. That she had carried a Product. That it had been carved from her belly. Stolen.
Claire had had a son. She was supposed to forget him, but that was impossible.
When the young girl washed up on their shore, no one knew she had been a Vessel. That she had carried a Product. That it had been carved from her belly. Stolen.
Claire had had a son. She was supposed to forget him, but that was impossible.
A church mouse is no ordinary mouse, and Hildegarde—the Mouse
Mistress of Saint Bartholemew’s—is no ordinary mouse
leader. It falls to her to keep all the church mice safe and out of
sight.
But when a few parishioners report mouse sightings, Hildegarde and the rest of the church mice must face a most dreadful consequence.
But when a few parishioners report mouse sightings, Hildegarde and the rest of the church mice must face a most dreadful consequence.
Bored, bored, bored. It’s all Princess Patricia Priscilla can
think as her sixteenth birthday approaches. It’s less than a
week before the Birthday Ball, where she will choose her husband
from a group of unappealing suitors.
Boring.
Boring.
This four-story collection includes.
Gooney Bird Greene
There’s never been anyone like Gooney Bird Greene at Watertower Elementary School. She is the star of story time and keeps her class on the edge of their seats with her “absolutely true” stories.
Gooney Bird Greene
There’s never been anyone like Gooney Bird Greene at Watertower Elementary School. She is the star of story time and keeps her class on the edge of their seats with her “absolutely true” stories.
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.
There’s never been anyone like Gooney Bird Greene at Watertower Elementary School.
Gooney Bird Greene likes to be right smack in the middle of
everything. That's why she wants to have the lead role of Squanto
in her class Thanksgiving pageant. But that role will go to whoever
finds someone to be the room mother. All the parents are so busy,
no one can bring cupcakes to the play.
Gooney Bird Greene has a fabulous idea after her teacher reads
fables to the class. The children learn that fables are stories
with animal characters that teach something important.
Gooney’s fabulous idea is that each student create their own
fable and tell it to the class.
Gooney Bird Is So Absurd
On the day that Gooney Bird wears her special brain-warming hat to school, Mrs. Pidgeon is teaching her class about poetry. But just when things are going well, the kids get some terrible news. And Gooney Bird will need all the inspiration her brain can muster to organize the most important poem the class has ever written.
On the day that Gooney Bird wears her special brain-warming hat to school, Mrs. Pidgeon is teaching her class about poetry. But just when things are going well, the kids get some terrible news. And Gooney Bird will need all the inspiration her brain can muster to organize the most important poem the class has ever written.
“Shouldn’t we be orphans.” one of the Willoughby
children suggests one day. The four are, after all, part of an
old-fashioned kind of family, and their parents–well, their
parents are not all that one would hope for. Recalling literary
heroes and heroines such as Anne of Green Gables, Pollyanna, and
James with his giant peach, the Willoughbys concoct a diabolical
plot to turn themselves into worthy and winsome orphans.
Lois Lowry’s Gathering Blue continues the quartet
beginning with the quintessential dystopian novel, The
Giver, followed by Messenger and Son.
Kira, an orphan with a twisted leg, lives in a world where the weak are cast aside.
Kira, an orphan with a twisted leg, lives in a world where the weak are cast aside.
Littlest One is a tiny creature slowly learning her job of giving
dreams to humans. Each night she and her teacher, Thin Elderly,
visit an old woman’s home where she softly touches beloved
objects, gathering happy memories, and drops of old scents and
sounds.
