Christina Katerina and the Box

Patricia Lee Gauch is former vice president and editor of Philomel Books. Patti is now a full-time writer and lecturer. She has authored more than 40 picture books and novels for young readers, including Aaron and the Green Mountain Boys, Thunder at Gettysburg; This Time, Tempe Wick?; and The Knitting of Elizabeth Amelia. She lives in Hyde Park, New York.

"Christina remains one of the classic characters of children's literature . . . sort of like Harriet the Spy for preschoolers in her taking-care-of-business way." --Kirkus Reviews"This is a gleeful little story of imaginative play . . . enlivened by the delightful illustrations." --School Library Journal