🌱 Where Every Dollar Grows

When you buy one of my books, you’re not just getting pages to read or color — you’re planting seeds. Literally.

All net proceeds from my books go toward two real-world projects with a single goal: to feed, educate, and inspire.

🏡 The Community Gardens

Across communities, people are struggling to access fresh, healthy food. Our community gardens change that. These gardens are open, educational spaces where families can learn how to grow what they eat — and children see their first seed become a meal.

 Every raised bed, every sprouting leaf, is built from book sales, showing kids and parents what happens when knowledge turns into action.

🍄 The Mushroom House Project

The Mushroom House is more than a structure — it’s a living classroom. Powered by sustainability and built with local materials, it teaches soil health, recycling, bioengineering, and the incredible potential of fungi.

 It’s where kids learn how nature reuses everything and where visitors see first-hand that waste is just the beginning of new life.

📚 Books That Grow Gardens

Each page I write connects back to this mission. The Now I Know What a ___ Is! series helps kids understand insects, nature, and the balance of ecosystems — and each sale helps us build the real-world systems that sustain those lessons.

When you support these books, you’re helping build gardens, classrooms, and a brighter future — one page, one plant, and one child at a time.

— Donald V. Dunham

The Hermit Author Who Turns Books into Gardens