Mary Ann Vitale

From the Author

Mary Ann Vitale is a bilingual, Amazon Best Selling award-winning author of children's books. Her first published book "The Water Lily Fairy" is the winner of the 2013 YATR Literary Awards Best Children's Book. Her book "The Street Where the Dollar Tree Grew" is the winner of the 2014 LSOR Reviewers Choice Awards. She is married and has three grown children. She loves spending quality time with her grandchildren, teaching them the wonderful traditions learned from her heritage. Mary Ann never dreamed of writing children's books. The language barrier was a challenge to her writing career. She was born in Sicily. As a young child, she always loved books, even though they were not available. At a young age, she moved to the U.S.A. She attended Cosmetology School and college. She is fluent in Italian, Sicilian and English languages. At the age of fifty, she wrote her first story for children. Urged by constant inspiration, she wrote many other stories and poems. One day, she woke up with the realization "a writer was born!" Mary Ann has always kept in close contact with her inner child. She taps in her Sicilian folklore to entertain and cultivate children and the child in all of us. Her published books: The Water Lily Fairy - The Water Lily Fairy at the Ice Cream Palace - Ants in My Pants - Mommy, Where Does Tiger Live? - Julie and Her Seven Calves - Mouse Goes to the Doctor - The Street Where the Dollar Tree Grew - Fingerprints on the Mirror - Catch the Rainbows, found in Short & Fun Stories Vol. 1 - Dreams on my Fingertips, found in Short & Fun Stories Vol. 2 - Mary, found in Short & Fun Stories Vol. 4 - Hidden Treasures in a Book, A Collection of Seven Children's Tales, Vol. 1 - Footprints on Mommy's Heart. Her children's books in Italian language: La Fata delle Ninfee - La Fata delle Ninfee al Castello del Gelato - Formiche Sui Miei Jeans - La Strada dell'Albero dei Dollari - Impronte sullo Specchio - Impronte sul Cuore di Mamma - Topolino Va dal Dottore - Tesori Nascosti nel Libro Vol.1.- Her books in Sicilian language: Lu jornu ca lu Mulinazzu chianciu, (author's name Maria Anna Manzella) - La Fata di li Ninfei, (author's name Mary Ann Vitale.) Her coloring books: Fingerprints on the Mirror The Coloring Book - The Water Lily Fairy The Coloring Book. Mary Ann realizes the importance of preserving a language and is writing Sicilian proverbs and Sicilian old sayings. Her books are available online by Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Walmart and worldwide. Mary Ann loves God, her family, gardening, traveling and art.