Best Selling Books by Patricia Lee Gauch

In this fictional, but historically accurate account of a young girl''s involvement in the Battle of Gettysburg, Tillie Pierce Alleman tells of her experiences helping wounded soldiers. A Child Study Children''s Book Committee: Children''s Book of the Year.

When Tanya, the smallest and wiggliest girl in her ballet class, makes friends with a talented newcomer, they both learn something.

A creative young girl breathes new life into a cardboard box in this “gleeful little story of imaginative play” for fans of Harriet the Spy and Harold and the Purple Crayon (School Library Journal) The day the refrigerator arrives in its large brown carton, Christina Katerina and her mother are both excited, but for very different reasons. Christina quickly claims the box, where she creates a castle, a clubhouse, and other fantastic playthings with her sometimes-friend and neighbor, Fats Watson. Together, they embark on countless hours of adventure, swearing their undying friendship—and waging furious battles, too! “One of the classic characters of children’s literature,” the spunky and playful Christina Katerina has inspired young readers to embrace their creativity since 1971 (Kirkus Reviews). A staple in classrooms and libraries, this classic children’s book is a timeless ode to the power of a child’s imagination—and to the beauty that can be found in even the most ordinary of objects.

Everyone knows Tempe Wick is a most surprising girl, but she exceeds even her own reputation when two mutinous Revolutionary soldiers try to steal her beloved horse.

In 1777 nine-year-old Aaron would rather help the Green Mountain Boys fight the British than stay home and bake bread for them.

Elizabeth Amelia, a knitted wool woman, marries and begins to knit children from strands of herself until she almost disappears.

A private school English teacher divides his class into two competing teams, equips each with a map and five dollars, and sends them off on a two-hundred-mile bicycle journey to Washington, D.C.

When she has trouble mastering her dance steps in the part of the Ugly Duckling for the spring ballet recital, Tanya is discouraged and fears that she has much in common with the character.

Problems between best friends cause trouble for the whole neighborhood, but fortunately they don''t happen very often.

When 14-year-old Kate''s dog bites a friend of the family she knows she must make a decision about the dog''s future.

Tanya loves ballet dancing, repeating the moves she sees her older sister using when practicing for class or a recital, and soon Tanya is big enough to go to ballet class herself.

When Tanya and her mother arrive early to see a performance of "Coppelia," Tanya wanders off and meets an old woman who loves dance as much as she does.

Describes how Noah obeyed God at the time of the great flood and preserved two of each kind of animal in the world.

Seven men who don''t like to walk borrow an old mare to ride to the Widecombe fair.

TANYA ESTÁ YA EN LA ACADEMIA. SIN EMBARGO, CUANDO LA SEÑORITA ALICIA MARCA EL RITMO EN VOZ Y CON PALMADAS, TANYA NO OYE MÚSICA ALGUNA, SE EQUIVOCA Y TROPIEZA A CADA PASO, NO PUEDE BAILAR. A TANYA LE GUSTA BAILAR EN LA PRADERA, JUNTO AL RÍO, SIGUIENDO SU PROPIA MÚSICA. Y ALLÍ, BAILANDO CON BÁRBARA, SU OSITA, DESCUBRE DE REPENTE LO QUE TIENE QUE HACER PARA CONVERTIRSE EN UNA VERDADERA BAILARINA. EN ESTE LIBRO, DE LA MISMA SERIE QUE BAILA, TANYA, DE PATRICIA LEE GAUCH, SATOMI ICHIKAWA VUELVE A CAPTAR LA ALEGRÍA Y LA PASIÓN DE LA PEQUEÑA TANYA CUANDO DANZA AL COMPÁS DE SU PROPIA MÚSICA INTERIOR. LA IMAGINACIÓN DE LA ESCRITORA E ILUSTRADORA SATOMI ICHIKAWA ES TAN FÉRTIL Y VARIADA COMO LAS AVENTURAS QUE SABE CREAR PARA SUS PERSONAJES. NACIDA EN JAPÓN, SE TRASLADÓ MUY JOVEN A PARÍS, DONDE LLEVA VIVIENDO CASI DIEZ AÑOS. SUS PERSONAJES ESTÁN LLENOS DE VIDA, ESPECIALMENTE LA PÍCARA TANYA, QUE MEDIANTE SU ANDADURA EN EL MUNDO DEL BALLET CONSIGUE DANZAR EN EL CORAZÓN DE LOS MÁS JÓVENES LECTORES. PATRICIA LEE GAUCH, QUE TAMBIÉN FUE EN SU TIEMPO UNA PEQUEÑA BAILARINA, QUERÍA CREAR UN PERSONAJE AL QUE CUALQUIER FUTURA BAILARINA O BAILARÍN PUDIERA AMAR. DIRECTORA EDITORIAL DE PHILOMEL BOOKS, ESCRIBIÓ ESTE CUENTO EXPRESAMENTE PARA ICHIKAWA, GRAN APASIONADA, COMO ELLA, DEL BALLET.

Fourteen-year-old Erin feels left behind when her best friend''s attention turns to a boyfriend and a horse, so she tries learning to ride in order to win her friend back.

On her way to keep an important date, seventeen-year-old Jennifer recalls events in her past life that have led to this journey.

When Christina quits her family so she can do whatever she pleases, ignoring her brother and her parents, she finds total self-reliance can sometimes be lonely.

Poppy creates magical puppets whose personalities are determined by what Poppy ''hears'' in the wood before he carves it. When he takes his puppets on the road, their show becomes famous throughout the land. But one day Poppy impatiently shapes a ballerina puppet, Clarinda, from a piece of wood without listening carefully to the wood''s message. Clarinda will not perform--and almost ruins the show--until Poppy discovers her secret wish.

A collection of three stories about Tanya from herfirst ballet lesson to her debut on stage.

Now everyone''s favorite ballerina dances into a moving picture book! Even the youngest dancer will delight in following Tanya as she learns new positions by imitating animals--a cat, a frog, an antelope--in ballet class. As her sister tells Tanya which step to try to imitate, children can pull a tab to reveal a colorful illustration of the animal in the correct pose! Full color.

Joseph called himself Little Donkey--such a clumsy, foolish fellow, or so everyone thought. That is perhaps why people of Cupertino did not notice what happened whenever Joseph was overjoyed. He did not merely smile or squeeze his sides or rub his hands together. Joseph flew. The late, beloved children''s book illustrator Tomie dePaola''s imaginative, colorful artwork, and Patricia Lee Gauch''s charming story, offer children a warm, humorous look at Saint Joseph of Cupertino, whose humility and joy made him light enough to float on air.

Tanya wants to dance in toe shoes the way her sister does.

Christina Katerina''s debut as prima ballerina in her family''s newly finished basement is marred by disaster but nonetheless successful.

A boy and his grandfather share leisurely, pleasant experiences during summertime at the lake.

When Margaret, a wild city girl, loses her temper in the unit tent at a wilderness camp, her counselor and three tent mates learn the values and limits of friendship.

Corey Martin, an eighth grader looking for her first boyfriend, is swept into a circle of powerful friends and must decide whether to conform to peer pressure or follow her own heart.

A retelling of the German legend in which the children of medieval Dinkelsbuhl confront the leader of the Swedish soldiers plundering their town.

Not happy that a new baby sister is coming home from the hospital, Christina Katerina takes her toy bears on a faraway train journey all over the neighborhood.

A biography of the man who gained fame as the leader of the bold "Rogers'' Rangers" in the French and Indian War but whose later life was marred by a ruined reputation, imprisonment, and poverty.

A private school English teacher divides his class into two competing teams, equips each with a map and five dollars, and sends them off on a two-hundred-mile bicycle journey to Washington, D.C.