Donna Thornton will showcase her new book, “The Christmas Donkey,” Saturday, Aug. 6 at the Landrum Farmer’s Market.

The book is a children’s story centered around several of the animals on the Mountain View Berry Farm in Landrum of which Thornton’s mother, Joyce Davis, is the co-owner.

The book was illustrated by Lynn Ballenger Pryor of Spartanburg.

–article submitted by Joe Cunningham