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Donna M. McDine

Goodreads Author

Born

Bronx, The United States

Website

http://www.donnamcdine.com

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Genre

Children's, Historical Fiction

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Member Since

October 2008

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Multi award-winning children’s author, Donna McDine’s creative side had laid dormant for many years until her desire to write sparked in 2007. With six children’s picture books to her credit:

• Angel's Forever Home ~ March 2019 ~ Mascot Books

• Dee and Deb Off They Go Kindergarten First Day Jitters (Purple Dragonfly Book Award Honorable Mention & The Story Monster Approved 2015 Award);

• Sandy Grave (Purple Dragonfly 2014 Award First Place Picture Books 6+, Story Monster Approved and Beach Book Festival Honorable Mention 2014);

• Powder Monkey (Purple Dragonfly 2015 Award First Place Historical Fiction and Story Monster Approved 2014);

• Hockey Agony (Purple Dragonfly 2015 Award Honorable Mention Picture Books 6 & Older and New England Book Fest ...more

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Average rating: 4.55 · 99 ratings · 88 reviews · 6 distinct works

	The Golden Pathway by Donna M. McDine (Goodreads Author), K.C. Snider (Illustrator) 4.58 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dee and Deb Off They Go- Kindergarten First Day Jitters by Donna M. McDine (Goodreads Author), Jack Foster III (Illustrations) 4.58 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Sandy Grave by Donna M. McDine (Goodreads Author), Julie Hammond (Illustrations) 4.75 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Powder Monkey by Donna M. McDine (Goodreads Author), K.C. Snider (Illustrations) 4.13 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hockey Agony by Donna M. McDine (Goodreads Author), Julie Hammond (Illustrations) 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Angel's Forever Home by Rita Gigante, Bobbie Sterchele-Gigante, Donna M. McDine (Goodreads Author) 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Donna M. McDine wrote a new blog post Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Award-winning children's author, Donna McDine Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!Before the hustle bustle of the next two weekends commence, I wanted to connect with you today to wish you a bless Read more of this blog post »
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Donna McDine rated a book it was amazing Dear Writer, by Coleen Murtagh Paratore	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Whether you are a newbie or seasoned writer you are sure to unearth your creativity within the pages of Dear Writer, Inspiration and Advice on Writing by Coleen Murtagh Paratore. The author's writing style has you immersed from the onset with the fee ...more
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Donna McDine rated a book it was amazing Alphabet Zoo by Karin Larson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Alphabet Zoo is beautifully illustrated by C.E. Dale. Children’s author, Karin Larson takes the reader and their young muses on a whimsical tale through the alphabet, from A to Z. The habitat of each animal is captured perfectly through the written w ...more
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