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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Soccer World South Africa

PUB DATE APRIL 2010. With a passion for connecting to the world, real-life pro soccer player Ethan Zohn takes his readers on the first Soccer World adventure to South Africa, home of the World Cup in 2010. There, he meets up with his soccer-playing friend Tawela, who serves as a guide to her remarkably diverse country.

Featured Review

Booklist February 2010 — This overview of transportation, with its easy-to-read print and cheerful, cartoon-style artwork, will have immediate appeal. Once they delve more deeply, readers will find a book that’s broadly well organized….. plenty of hits, and with so much information and ideas to pore through, readers should find something to interest them.