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Janet Halfmann

Janet Halfmann is an award-winning children’s author who strives to make her books come alive for young readers and listeners. She has written more than thirty books, both fiction and nonfiction. 

Her Civil War era nonfiction picture book, "Seven Miles to Freedom: The Robert Smalls Story" (Lee & Low Books, 2008), was named an Honor Book by the Society of School Librarians International and included in the Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year. Her fiction picture book, "Little Skink’s Tail" (Sylvan Dell Publishing, 2007), received top honors in the Mom’s Choice Awards, being chosen one of three Best Children’s Books for 2009. The book also won the Teacher’s Choice Award from Learning Magazine and Best Overall Book and Best Picture Book honors from the Florida Publishers Association. 

Before becoming a children’s author, Janet was a daily newspaper reporter, children’s magazine editor, and a creator of coloring and activity books for Golden Books. She is the mother of four and the grandmother of four. When Janet isn’t writing, she enjoys gardening, exploring nature, visiting living history museums, and spending time with her family. She grew up on a farm in Michigan and now lives in South Milwaukee, WI.

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  • Cover of: Good Night, Little Sea Otter: Spanish/English
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  • Cover of: Hermit Crab's Home: Safe in a Shell (Smithsonian Oceanic) (Smithsonian Oceanic)
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  • Cover of: Clothesline Code: The Story of Civil War Spies Lucy Ann and Dabney Walker

    First published in 2021 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Canada Goose Cattail Lane (Smithsonian Backyard)

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Subjects

Juvenile literature, Children's fiction, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Animals, Ecology, Bedtime, Bedtime, fiction, Mother and child, fiction, Otters, Otters, fiction, Sea otter, Mother and child, Parental behavior in animals, Bilingual, Infancy, African americans, biography, juvenile literature, Animals -- Infancy -- Fiction, Animals, juvenile literature, Biography, Canada goose -- Fiction, Canada goose -- Juvenile fiction, Christian life, fiction, Coloring books, Geese -- Fiction

Places

Arctic regions, United States, Beaufort, Beaufort (S.C.), Mississippi, South Carolina

People

Eeyore, Kanga, Lilly Ann Granderson (1821-1889), Piglet, Rabbit, Robert Smalls (1839-1915), Roo, Tigger, Winnie-the-Pooh

Time

Civil War, 1861-1865

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  • OLID: OL18921A

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April 22, 2024 Edited by MARC Bot move website to links
April 12, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Added photos to author pages.
August 19, 2009 Edited by 173.89.53.250 Edited without comment.
September 10, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import