Rachel McCoskeyMelanie has won recognition for her award-winning children's narrative nonfiction book, THE OREGON TRAIL - OLLIE'S GREAT ADVENTURE, which is endorsed by the Oregon-California Trails Association, End of the Trail Interpretive Center and Wyoming Histor.com. Her narrative nonfiction book, ORCAS - BEAUTIFUL, INTELLIGENT, TALKATIVE, FEROCIOUS, FASCINATING, has won a 5-star review from Reader's Favorite and has been endorsed and purchased by THE INTERNATIONAL MARINE MAMMAL PROJECT (IMMP), Melanie has received thank you notes from teachers for her book on bumblebees, BUMBLEBEE BUZZ. She writes books for children 3 years of age to 13. Some are educational. Some are just plain fun picture books. Melanie grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and studied writing at Southern Illinois University and the University of Iowa. She now lives in Sequim, Washington. She can be contacted at melanie.dundy@icloud.com Read More Read Less