Children's Books
Dana's background
Dana is deeply rooted in stories for children. Her published children's plays are highly regarded and performed regularly. She has certifications in children's development as a Wolftrap Farm Park Early Childhood Education Specialist and graduated from Texas State with a BA in Theater with Secondary Education Teaching.
Peter the Predictor
Peter the Predictor (complete at 4,600 words) is a fourth grade Sherlock Holmes in a starry wizard hat. Using logic and attention to detail, Peter Stroud casts predictions at school that have students and teachers believing he is psychic. When a real crisis comes up and the school turns to Peter’s psychic powers for help, Peter predicts he could be in serious trouble.
The Transplant
Based on a true story, The Transplant tells the side-by-side stories of Maria Giannaris, the five-year-old recipient of the first child heart-transplant in America, and my own story as a five-year-old girl reluctantly moving from Maryland to Texas. Two little girls, two parallel journeys, two very different outcomes. One story of courage.