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imageMrs. Pidgeon's second grade classroom is in the midst of chaos. The Thanksgiving pageant is coming up. They don't yet have a room mother, and the principal is becoming impatient. Who's right smack in the middle of everything? Who comes to the rescue? Gooney Bird Greene, of course!

And who is to become the class room mother?

“I’ll write it down,” Gooney Bird Greene said. She went to the board and picked up the chalk. “Class,” she said, “get out your dictionaries.” She wrote a word very carefully on the board, at the end of the list.

The word she wrote was INCOGNITO.

“This is our room mother’s name,” she said.

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Other Gooney Bird books

GOONEY BIRD IS SO ABSURD   Gooney Bird Greene isnŐt a new student anymore, now that it is January. Her classmates are getting used to her. But on the day that she wears her special brain-warming hat to school---well, it is clear that she still has a few things to teach them!

GOONEY BIRD GREENE   When story time arrives, the choice is unanimous: they want to hear about Gooney Bird Greene. And that suits her just fine, because, as it turns out, Gooney Bird has quite a few interesting and absolutely true stories to tell.

GOONEY THE FABULOUS   It's December in Watertower Elementary School. The school dog is obligingly wearing fake antlers for the holiday celebration. Mrs. Pidgeon's classroom is studying fables and creating their own. Gooney Bird, of course, is making it fun!


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