Donna M. McDine, Award-winning children's author ~ Ignite curiosity in your children through reading!

March 2016: Story Monster Approved ~ Dee and Deb Off They Go, Kindergarten First Day Jitters

Purple Dragonfly Book 2015 1st Place Historical Fiction ~ Powder Monkey

2014 New England Book Festival Children's Books Honorable Mention ~ Hockey Agony

August 2014: Story Monster Approved ~ Powder Monkey

August 2014: Story Monster Approved ~ Hockey Agony

August/September 2014: Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tours ~ The Golden Pathway and Powder Monkey

June 2014: Purple Dragonfly Book Awards 1st Place Picture Books 6 and Older ~ A Sandy Grave 

June 2014: The Beach Book Festival 2014 Honorable Mention ~ A Sandy Grave

June 2014: Story Monster Approved ~ A Sandy Grave 

March 2014: Highview Elementary School PARP Keynote Speaker

March/April 2014: Pump Up Your Book Promotion Virtual Book Tour ~ A Sandy Grave

February 2014: Chestnut Ridge Middle School - Rockland Read-in 2014

September/October 2013: World of Ink Network 

August 2013: Hockey Agony honored with Reader's Favorite Five Star Review

August 2013: Donna McDine interviewed and quoted for "Someone Worth Meeting: Writing Profiles for Magazines" by Katherine Swarts for Children's Writer August 2013 Newsletter

July 2013: Powder Monkey honored with Reader's Favorite Five Star Review 

May 2013: Powder Monkey published by Guardian Angel Publishing, Inc.

February 11, 2013: 29th Annual Rockland Read-In - Chestnut Ridge Middle School Visit 

January 2013: Hockey Agony published by Guardian Angel Publishing, Inc.

May 31, 2012: Signed book contract with Guardian Angel Publishing for "Dee and Deb, Off They Go." This will be her fifth book. 

March 5-8, 2012: Bardonia Elementary School - Author Visit

February 4, 2012: Orangeburg Library, Orangeburg, NY to present The Golden Pathway and to conduct a craft of creating a “lap book” about the Underground Railroad 

October 14, 2011: The Golden Pathway announced as Silver Award Recipient in Literary Classics 2011 Picture Book Early Reader http://thegoldenpathway.blogspot.com/2011/10/underground-railroad-childrens-story.html

September 29, 2011: The Golden Pathway announced as Finalist in Literary Classics 2011 Picture Book Early Reader http://thegoldenpathway.blogspot.com/2011/09/underground-railroad-childrens-story_29.html

September 12, 2011: The Golden Pathway announced as Literary Classics Seal of Approval Picture Book Early Reader http://thegoldenpathway.blogspot.com/2011/09/underground-railroad-childrens-story.html

September 2011: The Golden Pathway honored with Reader's Favorite Five Star Review 

August 12, 2011: Signed book contract with Guardian Angel Publishing for "A Sandy Grave." This will be her fourth book.

August 9, 2011: The Golden Pathway announced as Global e-Book Awards FINALIST in the category of Children's Picture Books Fiction http://donna-mcdine.blogspot.com/2011/04/golden-pathway-announced-as-global.html.

April 13, 2011: The Golden Pathway announced as Global e-Book Awards Nominee in the category of Children's Picture Books Fiction http://donna-mcdine.blogspot.com/2011/04/golden-pathway-announced-as-global.html.

February 1, 2011: Preditors & Editors Readers Poll 2010 – Top Ten - Children’s Books category – The Golden Pathway - http://thegoldenpathway.blogspot.com/2011/02/top-ten-finisher-preditors-editors.html.

November 15, 2010: Donna has come on board at Guardian Angel Kids Ezine as Editor-in-Chief.

September 3, 2010: Signed booked contract with Guardian Angel Publishing for "Powder Monkey." This will be her third book.

September 3, 2010: Long Story Short has published her short story, "Nikko and Herman," in their December 2010 Ezine.

June 23, 2010: Signed booked contract with Guardian Angel Publishing for "Hockey Agony." This will be her second book. 

A bit of the journey...this ms was critiqued in the early stages by Suzanne Lieurance (CWCC) and her online critique groups and placed as Honorable Mention in the Writer's Digest 78th Writing Competition, then edited after the competition by Lea Schizas to assist in expanding the story since it was no longer under a word constraint from the contest.

She wishes to convey thank you to all who had a direct hand in making this dream come true!

I am thrilled to share with you that my historical fiction children’s book, The Golden Pathway placed as a Top Ten Finisher in the children’s book category of the Preditors & Editors Readers Poll 2010.

My heartfelt thank you to all who voted, I truly appreciate your ongoing and never ending support in my writing career! 

Many of you I know personally and I am humbled to be in such talented company. Congratulations to all! 

1. Philip and the Superstition Kid, John Paulits, Gypsy Shadow Publishing

2. If Wishes Were Fishes, N.A. Sharpe, 4RV Publishing

3. A Wish and A Prayer, Beth Bence Reinke, 4RV Publishing LLC

4. The Mishaps of Gum Drop Island, M.M., Self

5. The Weaver, Kai Strand, Guardian Angel Publishing, Inc.

6. The Golden Pathway, Donna M. McDine, Guardian Angel Publishing, Inc. http://www.guardianangelpublishing.com/pathway.htm

7. The Halloween Dino Trip, Lea Schizas, MuseItUp Publishing

8. Bubba Goes National, Jennifer Walker, Windswept Destiny Publishing

9. The Giving Meadow, Stephanie Burkhart, 4RV Publishing
9. Philip & the Superstition Kid, John Paulitis, Gypsy Shadow  

10. Haunted, Heather Beck, Treasure Cove Books
10. Killer Cows, D.M. Anderson, Echelon Press
10. In My Bath, Beth Bence Reinke, 4RV Publishing 

Comments from those who voted for:
The Golden Pathway, Donna M. McDine, Guardian Angel Publishing
http://www.critters.org/predpoll/comments.cgi?ref=novelchildrens&what=The+Golden+Pathway,+Donna+M.+McDine,+Guardian+Angel+Publishihng,+http://www.guardianangelpublishing.com/pathway.htm

“Fantastic! There's nothing like it!” 

“The Golden Pathway is an excellent book on slavery and the Underground Railroad for young readers. It is an excellent book for parents to read with their children or teachers to read with their students.”

“Donna's book is a must read, every school in America should have a copy of it. We can all learn a lesson about compassion from the main character.”