Patricia Lee Gauch
Author of Christina Katerina and the Box
About the Author
Author and editor Patricia Lee Gauch was born in Detroit, Michigan on January 3, 1934. She received a B. A. in English Literature from Miami University in Ohio, a M. A. in Teaching from Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York, and a Doctorate in English Literature from Drew University in show more Madison, New Jersey. Before she began writing children's books, she was a newspaper reporter for the Louisville Courier-Journal and freelanced for the Detroit Free Press. She has written over thirty children's books, which have received critical acclaim as well as numerous awards and citations. In 1985, she became the Editor-in-Chief of Philomel Books and was the editor for Caldecott Medal winners Owl Moon by Jane Yolen and Lon Po Po by Ed Young, as well as the Caldecott Honor winner Seven Blind Mice, also by Ed Young. She has taught children's literature at Rutgers University and Drew University and her reviews have appeared in The New York Times. She is currently the Vice-President and Editorial Director of Philomel Books and lives in Hyde Park, New York. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Loved this book about an spirited, independent-minded child and her developing friendship with another girl. The book showed girls being strangers to each other, and the anxiety of a type of competitiveness, without ginning up a lot of unnecessary hostility and girlhood rivalry. In short, a welcome departure from a lot of beginning-girl-friendship tales.[return][return]Plus, an excellent demonstration of imagination at work, and I loved the way the illustrations showed the girls dancing like show more animals. show less
Loved this book about an spirited, independent-minded child and her developing friendship with another girl. The book showed girls being strangers to each other, and the anxiety of a type of competitiveness, without ginning up a lot of unnecessary hostility and girlhood rivalry. In short, a welcome departure from a lot of beginning-girl-friendship tales.
Plus, an excellent demonstration of imagination at work, and I loved the way the illustrations showed the girls dancing like animals.
Plus, an excellent demonstration of imagination at work, and I loved the way the illustrations showed the girls dancing like animals.
I loved CK and the Box, but I had no idea there were more books about this strong-willed girl. I'm glad to learn about them, though, and will seek the others. This one, hm, not sure. I mean, there's letting a kid learn a lesson on her own, and there's being indulgent... not sure where this one falls. Will the girl remember this lesson when she's a teen, or will she rebel against curfew in order to take more consequential risks?
I like this story because it's so fresh. The little girl in the story is determined and imaginative. She goes on a journey while her father is at the hospital icking up Mom and her new baby sister and grandma is takinga nap with brother. She takes all her bears and her dog and without fear of the consequences leaves and crosses several blocks. At the end of the journey, she gets off her intended courses when a dog runs away with part of the train and you think this is the place for some show more nice, adult or animal to help a poor lost child. But no She remains calm and trusts her own sense of direction until she's back in familiar territory. i like the illustrations. Christina is wonderfully, realisticly unkempt and there are extra details that let you draw assumptions about other things which are happening in the story. show less
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