Donna Simard thanks God every day for her abundance of blessings, including her husband and twelve wonderful children-who have given her numerous ideas for children's books. She's the award-winning author of two chapter books, Donna's Dozen and Isaiah's Way, a book about the upside of a disability. She's also penned the poem "Make Yourself a Home," a children's book called The Hiccup's Moving Day, as well as four other children's books in the Shhh! It's a Surprise series. Donna lives in St. Lazare, Manitoba.