About
German born and New York raised, Donna Lambo-Weidner has sailed the seven seas with swashbuckling pirates, crossed blades with sword-wielding knights, and circumnavigated the moon in a cardboard box, all before the age of eight. Now that she’s earned a Bachelor of Arts, lived on two continents, and raised four kids (humans, not goats), Donna writes books for children based on her childhood adventures laced with her actual life experiences—dogsledding in the arctic, spending the night in a salt cave deep beneath the Earth’s surface, and reaching into an elephant’s open mouth to count its tremendous teeth, to name a few.
This Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) former regional advisor for Germany and Austria is now a Marin Co-County Co-ordinator for the California San Francisco North & East Bay region. She presently lives above a vineyard-strewn valley with her globe-trotting husband, a rambunctious retriever, and a treasure chest rumored to have belonged to Captain Kidd stuffed with scrolls listing lands and experiences yet to be explored.
Featured Work
There Are No Dragons In This Book
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In this book you are guaranteed not to find any dragons. . . .
A clever interactive picture book—sure to keep kids laughing as they look for dragons.
There are no dragons in this book! Wait, is that really true? There was one right here, wasn’t there? Was he hiding in the attic? What do you mean, he’s not alone? Come on, let’s give the book a good shake and see what happens!
Set in a community home with an ensemble of characters–both children and adults–Donna Lambo-Weidner's debut picture book filled with humor (and dragons) encourages close observation and discovery. Carla Haslbauer’s cheeky, scurrying illustrations are chock-full of funny details and metafictional allusions.