name: Gail Donovan
genres: Fiction, Children's
avg_rating: 3.67
ratings_count: 685
about: Gail Donovan was fired from her first job in an ice cream shop for making the sundaes too big. She now works in a library and writes middle grade novels, including SPARROW SPREADS HER WINGS, the sequel to SPARROW BEING SPARROW, as well as the Moonbeam Children’s Book Award winner FINCHOSAURUS, and IN MEMORY OF GORFMAN T FROG, named to the New York Public Library’s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing list. She has also written for the Rainbow Fish &amp; Friends picture book series based on the bestselling work of Marcus Pfister. Donovan lives on the coast of Maine, where she jumps in the ocean all year round.