Donna Latham

Donna Latham
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Donna Latham is an award-winning author and playwright and a lifelong nature lover. A former librarian and educator, Donna received the ASPCA Henry Bergh Children’s Book Award for Fire Dogs. She also received an Honorable Mention Award from the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild for the play "Paddy and the Mermaid." Donna is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and the Illinois Reading Council. She lives in temperate St. Charles, Illinois, with her husband Nick Longo, an environmental scientist, and Nikki, a sweet Lhasa Apso who’s adapted for life as a writer’s mascot.

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Colonial Clothes

PUB DATE SEPTEMBER 2010 Colonial Clothes talks about the clothing that colonial men and women wore, and how it was made from wool and flax spun into thread and then woven into fabric. It also discusses the work of tailors, cobblers, tanners, milliners and mantua makers, and wigmakers.

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-Children's Indie Next List Book Pick, Fall 2008
"Vocabulary, timelines, and sidebars are included in a fun, hands-on approach to educating young readers about ancient China. Cook egg noodles, make an instrument, create a kite, learn feng shui ...what a fun book! Use it on weekends, holidays, and vacation to keep kids busy and having fun."