Award-winning Children's Author, Donna M. McDine, Releases Fourth Children’s Book, A Sandy Grave

TAPPAN, N.Y. - March 2, 2014 - PRLog -- M E D I A R E L E A S E

CONTACT: Donna M. McDine

Award-winning Children’s Author

Website: www.donnamcdine.com

Email: donna@donnamcdine.com

Phone: 845-721-7802

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Award-winning Children's Author, Donna M. McDine, Releases Fourth Children’s Book, A Sandy Grave

Take a spell bounding ride into the stories of award-winning children's author, Donna McDine. Be prepared for the adrenaline rush of escaping via the Underground Railroad, the slip of the ice beneath your skates, the harsh reality of the Royal Navy Press Gangs, the discovery of whale poachers at the beach, or experience the first day of kindergarten nervousness. The roller coaster action in each escapade will transport the reader into a specific time period. One never knows where they will end up, past or present. So come on in for a front row seat in Donna's writing world.

McDine’s latest children’s book, A Sandy Grave immerses the reader in a summer adventure at the beach that is interrupted by a beached whale and poachers of the whale’s teeth. What is a group of friends to do when they find themselves thrown into discovering the identity of the mysterious men at the beach as the Violations of the Endangered Species Act and the Mammal Protection Act come into play?

Title: A Sandy Grave

Category: Chapbooks for Tweens

Author: Donna M. McDine

Illustrator: Julie Hammond

Hardcover ISBN: 9781616334543; 1616334541

Softcover ISBN: 9781616334550; 161633455X

eBook ISBN: 9781616334567; 1616334568

Available: Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Guardian Angel Publishing, and through the author for autographed copies.

About the author: Donna McDine is an award-winning children's author, Honorable Mention in the 77th and two Honorable Mentions in the 78^th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competitions, Literary Classics Silver Award & Seal of Approval RecipientPicture Book Early Reader, Readers Favorite 2012 International Book Awards Honorable Mention, Global eBook Awards Finalist Children’s Picture Book Fiction, and Preditors & Editors Readers Poll 2010 Top Ten Children’s Books ~ The Golden Pathway.

Her interest in American History resulted in writing and publishing The Golden Pathway. Donna’s 2013 releases of Powder Monkey and Hockey Agony and the 2014 release of A Sandy Grave will be joined by an additional book to be published by Guardian Angel Publishing, Dee and Deb, Off They Go. She writes, moms and is a personal assistant from her home in the historical hamlet Tappan, NY. McDine is a member of the SCBWI, Children’s Literature Network, and Family Reading Partnership.

Learn more about McDine’s writing career at www.donnamcdine.com and www.donna-mcdine.blogspot.com for a full virtual book tour schedule.

Full Media Kit, Headshot, Book Cover Art and more are available upon request.