Donna Marie Seim is an author of short stories and children's literature. Her love of children and children's literature gave her the desire to write for children. Donna's first picture book, WHERE IS SIMON, SANDY? is The story of a Little Donkey that wouldn't quit. It is a folktale from the Island of Grand Turk, of the Turks and Caicos Islands, that has been told over generations but had never been written down before. It has won Mom's Choice Award GOLD for Children's Picture Book; Peoples, Places and Cultures. Donna has been nominated for the Nancy E Peace Award for Action against racism for her work in cross cultural awareness. And the book has recently been awarded Finalist in the category of Children's Picture Book for 2010 from The National Indie Excellence Awards. Donna's second children's picture book SATCHI AND LITTLE STAR is set in the Caribbean. It is the story of a young girl who yearns to catch and tame a wild horse. SATCHI AND LITTLE STAR, has recently received the Honorable Mention Award from New England Book Festival 2011 for Children's Picture Book. She has also been awarded Mom's Choice GOLD for Children's Picture Book; Values and Life Lessons. And Most recently SATCHI AND LITTLE STAR, was chosen as an Honorable Mention in the Children's Books category of the Writer's Digest Self Published Book Awards. You can write to Satchi's pen pal club at satchilittlestar@gmail.com and follow Satchi on Facebook. Donna's first novel, for middle grade readers, is HURRICANE MIA, A Caribbean Adventure! Join Mia on her rollicking adventure to find a magical tea, and experience a slice of the Caribbean through her eyes! Now available on Amazon.com as an ebook! Donna's second novel, CHARLEY, is set in Boston and rural Maine, the year of 1910. Charley is the story of a homeless twelve year old boy, who finds himself in an orphanage choir. Charley with the voice of an angel, sings his way into a dairy farming family in rural Maine. But Charley, who can swing a rat by his tail into the Boston Harbor, has no clue how to milk a cow or retrieve eggs from pecking hens. Will he make it on a dairy farm or return to the streets of Boston that he knows so well? Donna lives in Newbury, Massachusetts with her husband and her dog Rags, when not traveling to the Caribbean! You can visit Donna at www.donnaseim.com. And you can follow Hurricane Mia on facebook or twitter @hurricanemia.