Acknowledgments<br > y thanks to my editor Mauro DiPreta Thanks to friends， relatives and coworkers for<br > and his staff at HarperCollins for their creativity and generosity: Maria Cm mi-<br > their enthusiasm and skill in bringing cino at King Features Syndicate， Ann<br > the philosophy and activities of Pleshette Murphy and Wendy Smolen at Par-<br >Donna s Day from television to book form. ents Magazine， Rod Eaton and Debbie Estes<br >Special thanks to Meg Schneider who helped at Target， Jill Johnson at Tunheim Santrizos，<br >write the activities， making them as fun to Cynthia McGovern and her students at Min-<br >read as they are to do. To illustrator David nehaha Academy， Suzanne Phillips， Deborah<br >LaRochelle whose wit and sensitivity invite Orenstein， Frank Weimann， Mark Lambeck，<br >adults and children to the activities， and to Phyllis Erickson， Rev. Don Johnson， Jeannie<br >designer Charles Kreloff. Klint， Lorna McLearie， Rebecca Anderson，<br > Anne Ahlem， and Terri Swanson.<br >Thanks to the Donna s Day television produc-<br >tion team. In particulm; Hugh Martin， director Finally， thanks to my husband， Dean Erick-<br >of Donna s Day， whose vision， creativity， and son， and our children， Bjorn， Britt， and Anders<br >tireless effort have provided tremendous sup- who through play， encouragement， and bright<br >port for me. Also， Lonnie Porro， Gerry Rich- ideas have supported this project from its<br >man， Colleen Miner for her culinary ideas， Rick beginning.<br >Hauser， Lisa Burkhart， Mike Phillips， Anna Gin-<br >gerich， Sheryl Shade， Arthur Novell， Maggie<br >Begly and Melissa Cohen. And special thanks<br >to Ken Powell at General Mills and Bridget<br >Boel and Madeline Boyer at Time-Life Kids.<br >