Nancy Stewart

Nancy Stewart is the author of the Middle-Grade novel, Me and the Missouri Moon. It was awarded a starred Kirkus Award (October 2024.) Her young adult novel, Beulah Land (2017), was critically acclaimed by Foreword Reviews as…a tough, courageous novel that belongs on the shelf next to young-adult survival stories like Hatchet and Bridge to Terabithia. Her Bella and Britt beach picture book series (One Pelican at a Time, Bella Saves the Beach, Sea Turtle Summer, and Mystery of Manatee Key,) have won several awards. WEDU-Tampa filmed a feature on One Pelican at a Time and of Nancy's writing the series. This has been shown by PBS stations throughout the US. Please view it on this page under Videos. Nancy's biography, Katrina and Winter, tells how Katrina Simpkins and Winter, the dolphin became fast friends. Katrina was born with only a portion of one of her legs, and Winter's tail was caught in a trap, causing her to lose part of it. From the beginning of their friendship, they seemed to understand each other, and a strong bond formed between them.