Booie is a member of the educational staff at Drayton Hall Plantation in Charleston, South Carolina where she conducts tours.   Drayton Hall is a property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. 

She received a bachelor's degree in early childhood education from the University of Maryland and continued her graduate work at Towson State.  Prior to moving to Charleston, she taught elementary school.  A member of the South Carolina Historical Society, the Charleston Alumnae Association of Kappa Kappa Gamma, the Preservation Society of Charleston and the National Historic Preservation, she combines her background in elementary education with her love of history and interest in historic Charleston to create her books for children. 

A Turtle Named Caretta

Caretta, named from the scientific term for loggerhead  sea turtles, finds a young boy digging near her precious eggs  and stops him just in time to see her dear babies find the sea by moonlight.