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Danna Smith

Photograph (c) Danna Smith

About The Author

Danna Smith is a poet and award-winning author of numerous books for children, including One Blue GnuRooftop GardenWake Up, Freight Train!; and several Little Golden Books. Her nonfiction picture book, The Hawk of the Castle: A Story of Medieval Falconry, received two starred reviews and is a Junior Library Guild Selection and a Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of the Year. Danna currently lives in northern California, where she is hard at work on her next book. For more information about her books and teaching activities, visit her website at DannaSmithBooks.com. 

Books by Danna Smith