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Patricia Lee Gauch

Autor(a) de Christina Katerina and the Box

36+ Works 2,095 Membros 24 Críticas

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 mostrar mais 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) mostrar menos
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Séries

Obras por Patricia Lee Gauch

Christina Katerina and the Box (1971) 550 exemplares
Dance, Tanya (1989) 314 exemplares
Thunder at Gettysburg (1975) 253 exemplares
Aaron and the Green Mountain Boys (1972) 150 exemplares
This Time, Tempe Wick? (1974) 86 exemplares
Bravo, Tanya (1992) 66 exemplares
Tanya and the Magic Wardrobe (1997) 59 exemplares
Noah (1994) 44 exemplares
The Little Friar Who Flew (1980) 43 exemplares
Tanya and the Red Shoes (2002) 41 exemplares
Poppy's Puppet (1999) 25 exemplares
Once upon Dinkelsbuhl (1977) 21 exemplares
On to Widecombe Fair (1978) 19 exemplares
Uncle Magic (1992) 16 exemplares
The Knitting of Elizabeth Amelia (2009) 15 exemplares
Fridays (1979) — Autor — 13 exemplares
The Tanya Treasury (2002) 12 exemplares
Tanya Steps Out (1996) 12 exemplares
The impossible Major Rogers (1977) 11 exemplares
Kate Alone (1980) 10 exemplares
Night Talks (1983) 8 exemplares
Tanya Loved to Dance (1989) 7 exemplares
Grandpa and Me. (1972) 5 exemplares
Morelli's Game (1982) 5 exemplares
The Green of Me (1978) 4 exemplares
My old tree (1970) 3 exemplares
A Secret House (1970) 3 exemplares
Dance Tanya 2 exemplares

Associated Works

The Little Engine That Could (1930) — Editor, algumas edições10,680 exemplares
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 11, July 1976 (1976) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1934-01-03
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA

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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 animals.… (mais)
 
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adaq | 2 outras críticas | Dec 25, 2019 |
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 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.… (mais)
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aprille | Dec 14, 2019 |
This book is a great book about patiences. It can teach children that we may want to do certain things but it is not the time to do them yet one day they will get their chance.
 
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Galiana.Carranza | 1 outra crítica | Nov 16, 2019 |
I felt a reflection of myself in this story, so being biased, I loved this story. the illustrations and story line were beautiful
 
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Nicole.Hayden | 1 outra crítica | Oct 17, 2019 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
36
Also by
2
Membros
2,095
Popularidade
#12,287
Avaliação
4.1
Críticas
24
ISBN
106
Línguas
5

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