| Donna has canoed through alligator-infested swamps, tracked 800-pound bear in the Poconos, and even ventured through a few kids rooms (gasp!) in search of unusual stories. BIG CATS, Donna’s first book, will be released in June of 2008 by Dalmatian Press. BIG CATS, part of a nonfiction series of vault books for ages 10 and up, is beautifully illustrated by Christina Wald www.christinawald.com. Highlights Magazine for Children purchased her poem UP AND DOWN and her nonfiction picture book manuscript, TINY FLIPPERS/FIRST STEPS, won 2nd place in the Southern Breeze ’07 writing contest. Articles and photographs by Donna have appeared in the Peterson Journal for Teaching Nature Education (Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History), and the Dawson Community News. Her children’s book manuscripts include picture books (in rhyme and prose/fiction and nonfiction), middle grade nonfiction-photo essays, biographies, and reference books. Topics include space travel, science, nature, exocentric children and even flying frogs. (They’re said to be a spectacular sight!) Donna’s performances, suitable for elementary school-aged children, at bookstores, elementary schools, libraries, and museums, include: • Big Cats - Journey around the world to discover fascinating secrets of these elusive, endangered creatures. Find out how the book BIG CATS was made and set your eyes on a fossilized skull of a sabertoothed cat (one of Donna’s prized possessions)! • Treasure Hunting - Gaze upon a traveling museum of fossils, gems and minerals, including a fossilized T-Rex tooth, dinosaur bones, a tennis shoe sized woolly mammoth tooth, rough and cut gemstones, minerals WE EAT, and much more! Treasure Hunting dovetails with Georgia’s third grade curriculum. Donna Bowman is a Co-Regional Advisor for the Southern Breeze Region (Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi) of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, as well as Editor and Publisher of the Southern Breeze News. For eight years Donna has lead the critique group Book Bound Writers and Illustrators Group. Her vibrant, talented comrades have met every month since 1997 and have been a great source of inspiration! Donna and her husband, Fire Chief Danny Bowman, have five children and six grandchildren. Rabbit and deer visit them daily for treats. Donna enjoys hiking, reading, writing, astronomy, drawing, oil painting, writing, kayaking, geology, photography, traveling . . . and more writing. Where will her adventures lead next? Grab a flashlight and follow along! Contact Donna at: meteorwrite@comcast.net |
| Donna is the SCBWI, Southern Breeze Co-Regional Advisor and Book Bound Leader. |
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| Two mama deer and three adorable babies enjoying a snack in Donna's backyard. |
Donna H. Bowman
| Illustration by Donna H. Bowman. |