Wearing colorful, creative costumes daily, Gooney Bird soon becomes the brightest, in every sense of the word, star of second grade. Her teacher, who is trying to explain the nature of good stories to her class, tolerantly allows Gooney Bird to upstage her by telling melodramatic stories which appear to be whoppers.

Declaring, "I tell only absolutely true stories," Gooney Bird enters the annals of funny young protagonists. The format of her book is excellent for transitional readers, her stories, filtered through a fine imagination, are entertaining, and they will leave readers hoping for more.