Christina Katerina and the Box [Paperback]

Patricia Lee Gauch (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

A huge cardboard box becomes a castle, a clubhouse, a racing car and more for Christina and her friend Fats. In it they swear undying friendship, wage furious battles--and drive Christina's mother crazy. You won't believe how much fun a cardboard box can be! A gleeful little story of imaginative playenlivened by the delightful illustrations. --School Library Journal The idea of imaginative play is convincingly and elaborately pursued.The illustrations augment the story with visual detail. -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Patricia Lee Gauch lives in Hyde Park, NY.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Puffin (April 13, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0698116763
• ISBN-13: 978-0698116764
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #480,800 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Christina Katerina, July 6, 2002

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M. Goodman (Scottsdale, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christina Katerina and the Box (School & Library Binding)

This was one of my favorites as a girl, and now my 3-year old son loves it too! He has an active imagination and just feeds off of great books like this. We had a new refrigerator delivered this year and my son was so excited to turn the box into a castle like "Christina Scatterina" (as he pronounces it). When I looked for the book on Amazon I was elated to find that there is a whole series of Christina books that I never knew about!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic imgaination -stirrer, March 3, 2005

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c2 (Dublin, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christina Katerina and the Box (School & Library Binding)

I just love the imagination used in this book. At first, when Christina gets the box in which her mother's refrigerator was shipped, she turns it into a castle. After Fats Watson, her friend, decides to kick it over after she locks him in because he ate her fig newtons, she then turns it into a clubhouse. After Fats decides to sit on it and cave it in, she turns it into a race car. After he cuts off the nose to "check the engine", it collapses so Christina turns it into a dance floor of her summer mansion and she and Fats have a formal ball. Fats then decides to clean the floor, hoses it off and well, it melts. FINALLY, Christina's mother gets to take the box to the curb only in time for Fats to bring over two more boxes his mother's waser and dryer came in to be set up as boats in the front yard. Christina's mother is quite dismayed at the paper boxes in the yard but it's quite cute how Christina comes up with a new use for the box each time it is destroyed. The imagination used in this book is quite remarkable and well worth reading. I have to read our copy to my little one over and over and over... Great book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First Rate Story For Your Child's Active Imagination!!, July 6, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Christina Katerina and the Box (School & Library Binding)

This book was so special to me as a little girl and I am now reading my worn out copy to my 3-year-old son, who loves it too! This year we had a new refrigerator delivered and my son couldn't wait to turn the huge box into a castle like "Christina Scatterina" (as he pronounces it). This is a must-have for your child if they love exploring their imagination. I went on Amazon to see about getting a new copy and was surprised to find that there is a whole series of Christina books!