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Alison McGhee

Alison McGhee
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Alison McGhee

Alison McGhee is the New York Times bestselling author of SOMEDAY, LITTLE BOY, SO MANY DAYS, BYE-BYE CRIB, ALWAYS, A VERY BRAVE WITCH and BINK AND GOLLIE. Her other children's books include ALL RIVERS FLOW TO THE SEA, COUNTDOWN TO KINDERGARTEN, and... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Here's what I put in my high school yearbook, and I do believe it's what I'd still put today: Walk slowly; all you can ever come to is yourself.
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My life in 8 words: "Reflective, searching, busy, full of wonder and love"
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Making a Friend will be released on October 04, 2011 in Hardcover
Oct 04, 2011
Making a Friend is now available in Hardcover
Oct 04, 2011
A Very Brave Witch will be released on August 09, 2011 in Trade Paperback, eBook
Aug 09, 2011
A Very Brave Witch is now available in Trade Paperback, eBook
Aug 09, 2011
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So Many Days has won an award
May 11, 2011
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Making a Friend
Mar 12, 2011
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So Many Days trailer
Jan 11, 2010
So Many Days will be released on January 05, 2010 in Hardcover
Jan 05, 2010
So Many Days is now available in Hardcover
Jan 05, 2010
Graphic Excerpt:
So Many Days
Oct 08, 2009
Graphic Excerpt:
So Many Days
Oct 02, 2009
A Very Brave Witch is now available in Paper Over Board
Aug 04, 2009
A Very Brave Witch will be released on August 04, 2009 in Paper Over Board
Aug 04, 2009
A Very Brave Witch is now available in Paper Over Board
Aug 04, 2009
Always is now available in Hardcover
Jun 09, 2009
Always will be released on June 09, 2009 in Hardcover
Jun 09, 2009

Alison McGhee Revealed

Alison McGhee Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Here's what I put in my high school yearbook, and I do believe it's what I'd still put today: Walk slowly; all you can ever come to is yourself. Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you? A. Kindness, integrity and humor. Q. What trait is most noticeable about you? A. I can bend my hands up into strange, saucer-like formations. It's creepy. Q. What’s your best quality? A. I'm kind. Q. What’s your greatest fear? A. That would be Doing A Headstand. Yep, I've been scared of that particular feat all my life, have never done one, and I've decided to come clean. So there you have it. Learn more about Alison McGhee

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Asheville Citizen-Times, January 29, 2012
...s delights, but in a different mood altogether, is the new picture book, “Making a Friend.” Written by Alison McGhee and illustrated by Marc Rosenthal, “Making a Friend” tells the story of a little boy who builds a snowman. He loves the snowman....
Minneapolis Star Tribune, January 24, 2012
...us laugh again this summer. "Bink and Gollie: Two For One," by Minneapolis writers Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee will be published by Candlewick Press in June. The illustrations will, once again, be by Tony Fucile. The original "Bink and Gollie,"...
AZCentral.com, January 10, 2012
...with snowmen is their lack of stamina, at least in most places between the North and South poles. Alison McGhee's gentle, reassuring story opens in fall with an unnamed boy dreaming of winter. When it comes, he savors snow on his tongue, then builds a...
Home News Tribune, January 7, 2012
...to a walk in the snow: 'Scrinch scrunch scrinch scrunch scrinch scrunch.' " Making a Friend | By Alison McGhee, illustrated by Marc Rosenthal, Atheneum, 40 pp., $16.99, for ages 2-5, fiction In the fall, a little boy dreams of winter and building a...
Home News Tribune, January 5, 2012
...snowmen is their lack of stamina, at least in most places between between the North and South poles. Alison McGhee's gentle, reassuring story opens in fall with an unnamed boy dreaming of winter. When it comes, he savors snow on his tongue, then builds a...
Hamline, January 3, 2012
...Adults program. You can see the schedule of readings below. Among the notable authors is New York Times best-selling author Alison McGhee. McGhee has published several picture books, books for children, and adult novels. She is the winner of numerous...
Femail, December 12, 2011
...how far will a pet go to protect his dear friend? To the ends of the Earth...always. Alison McGhee gives voice to the devotion that knows no bounds in this gentle and poignant picture book about friendship, loyalty, and most of all, love. Review: A...
Minneapolis Star Tribune, December 8, 2011
...up at Wild Rumpus this Saturday? Kate DiCamillo, author of the Mercy Watson books? Kate DiCamillo, winner (with Alison McGhee) of the Theodore Geisel Award for "Bink and Golly'? Kate DiCamillo, winner of the Newbery Award for "The Tale of Despereaux"?...
News-Press.com, December 7, 2011
...too soon they will move beyond the wonder and the magic of the season. The story "Someday" by Alison McGhee captures the joys and sorrows of watching our children grow up and all the dreams we hold for their future. $14.99 at Cheshire Cat Fine Toys, Bell...
Poten & Partners, December 2, 2011
...absurdity but never fall into the abyss. FOR CHILDREN/YOUNG ADULTS "Bink and Gollie," by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee, with illustrations by Tony Fucile (Candlewick): An easy reader about two friends who are opposites in just about every way....
Winnetka Talk, November 9, 2011
...in third grade and older with their mothers will discuss Julia Gillian (And the Art of Knowing) by Alison McGhee at 3:45 p.m. Nov. 13. Reading is the Spice of Life will feature Kristin Carlson leading a discussion of State of Wonder by Ann Patchett at 1...
Highland Park News, November 8, 2011
...in third grade and up, with their mothers, will discuss Julia Gillian (And the Art of Knowing) by Alison McGhee. Nov. 20, 2 p.m.: The nonfiction group discusses The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David McCullough. Dec. 1, 7 p.m.: Betsey Means of...
Glencoe News.com, November 7, 2011
...in third grade and up, with their mothers, will discuss Julia Gillian (And the Art of Knowing) by Alison McGhee. Nov. 20, 2 p.m.: The nonfiction group discusses The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David McCullough. Dec. 1, 7 p.m.: Betsey Means of...