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513012017 Story Teller <br /> v A <br /> ,.. , <br /> um <br /> Donna was born an army brat in Colorado Springs,Colorado.She traveled all over with world with her parents.Her father would sit at the dinner table and spin <br /> the wildest yarns imaginable.He taught her Arthurian Legend and Greek hology by telling the stories in the first person.She thought he had actually been with \\ \\\ <br /> \ ~ <br /> Berlin and oedipus.She thought he was thousands of yearn old,manna spent from second to si;th grade in Sul Korea.It was during these years that her v vv <br /> parents adopted three Asnerasian children.Through it all she learned about different people,places and of course,learned their stories. `� v v <br /> \q%g <br /> \ \\\ \ \\ <br /> Canna attended Northwestern University and was involved with numerous theatrical productions.It was at this time that storytelling reemerged as something she <br /> wanted to learn more about.In the four years she was there,she began to make storytelling a central part of her performance life. vv yv <br /> \\ <br /> Her first recording work was done with Warren Coleman Productions.She prodded the talent on a storytelling tape that was so successful for Children's Press that � <br /> the tape was used to make four wordless picture books.It was at this time that Donna began writing �,Her first writing project was an anthology.It has been \ �� <br /> \\\\\\\ a <br /> in the works for almost twelve years.A Pride o� African Tales was released in December 2003.Award winning illustrator,James Ransonte provided the lush <br /> \\ g ' p \ <br /> \ \\ \\ watercolor pictures for the book.It received ram reviews from the American Library (ALA)loo�ist and the School Library Journal.Pride has been <br /> \\\ \ nominated for the Pennsylvania 2005-2006 young Readers Choice Award Donna's second boob The Story of Kwanzaa,has been in print for eleven years.It is a <br /> vv� V� vv� <br /> wonderful primer for ids about the A�'ican-�ei�can celebration�Kwarzaa.Donna's third��A�g Spooky House,��a wonderful book read aloud at <br /> co V°``; A , ' VV�yA vvv <br /> o y �\ Halloween.Her next k will be entitled Li l Rabbit's�wanzaa and will be punished by HarperCollins Children's Books. <br /> Lonna is also a multiple award winning recording artist.She received a 2002 Parent's Choice Award for her first independent recording:`Live and Learn;The <br /> Exploding Frog and Other Stories".The October 2004 edition of the ALA Booklist gave Donna's second CD,"A Little Shiver",a recommended review.It also won the <br /> w \\ 2004 Parents'Choice Silver Honor Award and 2005 Storytelling World Honors.Her third CD"Fun,Foolery,and Folktales also won the 2004 Parents Choice silver <br /> m \\\\ \ \\ <br /> Honor Award and a 2006 Storytelling World Honors.Fier r€ourth C� 'The sword and The ltssse 85 has won an iParenting Media 2005 Excellent Product Award a 2005 <br /> Ln ��ti fifth CD"Angels' <br /> °m Parents Choicelr Honor Award and a 2006 Storytelling Warlc€Award.All of her£ have won 2t3t3SChii�irens Music WebA�varde.Donna's g <br /> ° \\ Laughter was just released in May 2006. \\ <br /> \ `Donna has performed at thousands of schools&libraries and numerous storytelling festivals throughout the country.She has also been featured at numerous <br /> storytelling festivals including the 2004 National Storytelling Festival,The Illinois Storytelling Festival,The Three Rivers Festival,The St.Louis Storytelling �— <br /> Festival,The NC StoryFest,The Corn Island and Cave Run Festivals in ICY,and the B-oward County Children's&Ocala Storytelling Festivals in FL-just to name a <br /> v <br /> few. <br /> m <br /> N she also offers workshops in storytelling,writing,education,and creative drama for librarians and educators as well.Some of her recent workshops venues <br /> ° include the National Storytellers Conference,Forsyth School Media Association,US Army Corps of Engineers,North Carolina Library Association Conference, <br /> m Virginia Library Association conference,Georgia Council of Media Organizations Conference,South Carolina Library Association Conference,National Storytelling <br /> o Conference,International Reading Association Conference,Mary Lois Staton Conference at ECU,and keynote speaker&presenter at the North Carolina <br /> Elementary Educators Conference among others. <br /> a <br /> These days you can find her traveling the country at festivals,conferences,schools,&libraries telling stories&giving workshops for anyone who is willing to listen <br /> w to her. <br /> C <br /> 0 <br /> U) <br /> 7 <br /> U <br /> O <br /> 0 httplAwfw.donnawasKington.com/bio.htmi <br />