Brother Sun and Sister Moon
Donna Washington
Durham, North Carolina
(919) 471-3036
Renewal Date: 02/03/2022
Master storyteller Donna Washington graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Speech in 1989. Since then she has traveled across the world performing as a storyteller and presenting workshops about the inextricable link between storytelling and literacy.
She has been featured at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, TN as well as hundreds of festivals across the country. She has performed in thousands of schools and libraries, and keynotes conferences about the importance of storytelling and early literacy, using hospice stories for healing and closure, and employing storytelling as an educational tool in the classroom.
Donna’s eleven storytelling CDs have garnered thirty awards, including Gold and Silver Parent’s Choice awards, Storytelling World and Honor Awards, Children’s Music Web Awards, and National Parenting Publication Awards.
She has authored numerous articles about using storytelling in both performance and in the classroom. Washington writes a popular storytelling blog called Language, Literacy and Storytelling, and contributes pieces to other blog sites as well. Donna is also a member of the editorial committee for the National Association of Black Storytellers, and has served as president of the North Carolina Storytelling Guild.
Donna is the author of four books for children- A PRIDE OF AFRICAN TALES, The STORY OF KWANZAA, LI’L RABBIT’S KWANZAA and A BIG SPOOKY HOUSE. Her latest book BOO STEW will be out in the fall of 2021.. Find out more at her website.,