Posts Tagged: Amy Gash

July 16, 2012

<b>Giveaway Monday:</b> <i>Comet’s Tale</i>

Giveaway Monday: Comet’s Tale

Every Monday in July, we’re giving away FREE advance copies of our amazing fall lineup. TODAY Comet’s Tale How the Dog I Rescued Saved My Life by Steven D. Wolf A note …

March 13, 2012

Lucky 7: Staff Favorites

Lucky 7: Staff Favorites

STAFF FAVORITES We’ve hand-picked seven titles—four novels, three memoirs—that dazzled, inspired, thrilled, enlightened, and captivated us. Some made us laugh, some made us cry, and some made us do both. We guarantee …

December 20, 2011

What the Dormouse Said: Wit and Wisdom from Childrens’ Books, Part 3

What the Dormouse Said: Wit and Wisdom from Childrens’ Books, Part 3

Today we have another batch of quotes from What the Dormouse Said: Lessons for Grown-Ups from Children’s Books, which makes a great stocking stuffer for just about everyone on your list–the young, …

December 14, 2011

Algonquin’s Guide to Gift Giving, Winter 2011

Algonquin’s Guide to Gift Giving, Winter 2011

I always wait until the last minute to buy Christmas and Chanukah presents for my family. It’s not because shopping slips my mind, or because I forget about the holidays or my …

November 28, 2011

<i>What the Dormouse Said</i>: Wit and Wisdom from Children’s Books, Part II

What the Dormouse Said: Wit and Wisdom from Children’s Books, Part II

It’s time for our second round of quotes from Amy Gash’s wonderful compilation What the Doomouse Said: Lessons for Grown-ups from Children’s Books. We’ll post a few of our very favorite quotes …

November 3, 2011

What the Dormouse Said: Wit and Wisdom from Children’s Books, Part 1

What the Dormouse Said: Wit and Wisdom from Children’s Books, Part 1

I started eating books at a very young age. In one of my earliest memories, I’m sitting on the kitchen floor gnawing on a copy of Little Bear’s Visit. I coerced my …

November 3, 2010

What We're Reading: Chopin's Garden

CHOPIN’S GARDEN by Eleanor Lincoln Morse (Fox Print Books) was given to me by a fellow editor whose librarian gave it to her. And it’s exactly the kind of novel you finish …

December 14, 2009

Lessons for Grown-ups from Children’s Books

We’re pleased to turn today’s post over to our Senior Editor, Amy Gash. Read below as she talks about how she dreamed up the idea for What the Dormouse Said! I love …