Dave McDonald has worked in television and entertainment for over 25 years as a writer, producer, director and illustrator.
Most notable among his professional achievements are the 2 CableAce Awards he received for best children’s television programming in 1991 and 1994, while a producer at Time Warner Cable Television in Syracuse, NY.

Since moving to the Charlotte, NC area in 1995, McDonald has created entertainment and educational programming for Paramount Parks, Tweetsie Railroad, Grey Seal Puppets, Discovery Place, and the Charlotte Fire Department.

He is a member of the society of children’s book writers and illustrators, the Southeast chapter of the national cartoonists society and appears on the South Carolina arts commission’s roster of approved artists.

This is his first book.

Why did you write this book?

“What I’ve enjoyed most throughout my many years as a writer & producer” McDonald says, “…is working with educators- and weaving(pun intended) educational content into entertaining forms of media; I place equal amounts of attention on humor, story and subject matter; because I want kids to want to read it.”  McDonald admits that his own curiosity about what went on in all of the many vacant mill buildings- sparked the idea for this book.  “…and when I discovered the wonderful textile exhibit at the (Gaston County) museum, filled with early 20th century machinery and visual displays; I knew I had the basis for a time traveling tale that could be both fun and educational; it all came together.”