
When did you know that you wanted to be an author? Congratulations for all the book awards you have earned. Jjspina: You are quite an accomplished writer. My award-winning illustrated children’s books include The Trees Have Hearts, Good Morning, World!, The City Kittens and the Old House Cat, Runaway Clothes, The Royal Palm, The Little Girl Praying on the Hill and Taste of Bread.

I speak a few languages, love reading, writing, gardening, and traveling. In 2012 I published my first children’s book, and since then I’ve pursued a career as a writer, focusing on writing children’s books that have meaning and provide valuable lessons. I lived and worked in Lviv, a cultural center in western Ukraine, before immigrating to the United Statesin 1992. D). I am an award-winning children’s author (recipient of multiple Mom’s Choice Awards, Beverly Hills Book Awards, and InternationalReaders’ Favorite Awards). D.'s books, please visit her website: name is Olga D’Agostino (known as Mrs. She lives in the famous town of Smithville, N.J., with her husband Patrick and a meticulous old cat named Nyda. She is a member of SCBWI and speaks a few languages fl uently. Two of her children's books, The Trees Have Hearts and Good Morning, World, won Mom's Choice Awards in 2013, and three are winners in the 2014 Readers' Favorite contest. In 2011 she began her career as a writer, focusing on writing children's books that have meaning and provide valuable lessons. In 1992 she immigrated to the United States with her two small daughters and for years worked in her own business. She lived in the historical city of Lviv, where she studied business in Lviv Business College. D.), an award-winning children's author, was born in western Ukraine.


This short story is a realistic cameo of post-WWII rural European life, and is filled with emotion, feelings, and heartache. But when help isn't immediate, faith must carry her through the diffi culties. In a world where despair reigns supreme, a child's mind turns to prayer. Life was good-until her daydream was interrupted by someone who angrily reminded her of the sad reality: a life in the mud, surrounded by poverty and hopelessness. She filled her world with imaginary friends-the princess in her glorious cloud castle and her mercurial companion, the old wind, who sometimes teased, sometimes tormented her. Every day she took the sheep to the top of the hill.

She spent a lot of time alone, or so it seemed to the people in her village.
