Janet Halfmanns "Star of the Sea" Wins Wisconsin Writers Childrens Literature Award
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Other recent titles include “Home in the Cave;” “Fur and Feathers;” “Good Night, Little Sea Otter;” “Little Skink’s Tail;” and “Seven Miles to Freedom: The Robert Smalls Story.” Before becoming a children’s author, Halfmann was a daily newspaper reporter, a children’s magazine editor, and a creator of coloring and activity books for Golden Books.Halfmann grew up on a farm in Michigan and now lives in South Milwaukee, WI.South Milwaukee, WI, March 25, 2012 --( PR.com )-- Janet Halfmann has won the Tofte/Wright Children’s Literature Award for her nonfiction picture book, “Star of the Sea: A Day in the Life of a Starfish.”The Council for Wisconsin Writers announced the award March 22.Other recent titles include “Home in the Cave;” “Fur and Feathers;” “Good Night, Little Sea Otter;” “Little Skink’s Tail;” and “Seven Miles to Freedom: The Robert Smalls Story.”Before becoming a children’s author, Halfmann was a daily newspaper reporter, a children’s magazine editor, and a creator of coloring and activity books for Golden Books.Halfmann grew up on a farm in Michigan and now lives in South Milwaukee, WI.More about the winners is at the Council for Wisconsin Writers website atwww.wiswriters.org.