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Star of the Sea Wins Wisconsin Writers Award

Star of the Sea is the winner of the Tofte/Wright Children's Literature Award presented by the Council for Wisconsin Writers. The award includes a cash prize and a week-long writer's residency. Everyone is invited to the awards ceremony at the Wisconsin Club in Milwaukee on May 12. Details here. The Council for Wisconsin Writers was founded in 1964 to promote awareness of Wisconsin's literay heritage.

Star of the Sea Wins Outstanding Science Trade Book Award

The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and the Children's Book Council (CBC) have chosen Star of the Sea: A Day in the Life of a Starfish as a 2012 Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12. In its review NSTA said: "The book's narration is full of descriptive phrases that paint a minds-eye picture of the daily life of a starfish in its natural environment. For example, 'Beneath the crashing waves, another kind of star clings to the rocks with hundreds of sticky tube feet.' The words set the stage for the visual imagery of the life of a starfish. The illustrations show the large view of a starfish as well as close-up images of its tube feet. The blend of words and art provides young readers with accurate scientific information and will inspire wonder in their minds." Click here to read the entire NSTA review.

Fur and Feathers Wins 2012 Teachers' Choice Award

Learning Magazine has chosen Fur and Feathers as a 2012 Teachers' Choice Award for Children's Book winner. The llustrator is Laurie Allen Klein. Judging is done by a team of teachers from across the United States. This is the only award that requres its judges to be both a teacher and a parent. Winning titles are chosen based on qualities such as originality, creativity, and high-interest level and motivation for children. This year, only ten children's books received the distinction. Little Skink's Tail, by the same author-illustrator team, previously won the award. Read the publisher's press release here.

Star of the Sea Gets Great Review
from The Wall Street Journal

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Fur and Feathers Wins 2010 Gold Moonbeam Award

The Amazing Art Journey of Fur and Feathers                                                                                                                                 

Classroom teachers chose Little Skink’s Tail for a 2009 Teachers' Choice Award from Learning Magazine. They had this to say about the book:

• "It is a great book for character education and teaching the children to appreciate themselves just the way they are."
• "The story is one that encourages the listeners to really use their imagination."
• "It could be used with social studies, language arts, science. It addressed all the above areas."
• "The book is interesting, educational, and most important fun!"

• Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast—7-Imp's 7 Kicks #118: Featuring Duane Smith and Janet Halfmann (June 7, 2009)
• Write for a Reader blog—Author Interview: Janet Halfmann and Giveaway (April 9, 2009)
• The Well-Read Child blog—Author Interview: Janet Halfmann (March 30, 2009)
• Book Scoops blog—Author Interview with Janet Halfmann and Book Giveaway! (March 30, 2009)
• sruble blog—Art Day Interview: Illustrator Laurie Allen Klein (Feb. 23, 2009)
• Reading to Know blog—Read Aloud Thursday - Author Highlight (Feb. 19, 2009)
• Sylvan Dell Publishing's Little Skink's Tail Wins Three Mom's Choice Awards, including Top Honors! (Feb. 11, 2009)
• Milwaukee Public Radio’s Lake Effect—Seven Miles to Freedom (Nov. 21, 2008)
• Greater Milwaukee Today—Children’s Author Sees Stories Everywhere (Nov. 19, 2008)
• Lori Calabrese Writes blog—Author Interview: Janet Halfmann (Nov. 11, 2008)
• ExpressMilwaukee.com—Unsung Heroes (Nov. 2008)
• South Milwaukee NOW—These Three Have the Write Stuff (Oct. 8, 2008)
• Book Bites for Kids blog radio—Seven Miles to Freedom: Janet Halfmann & Duane Smith (Oct. 2, 2008)
• Sylvan Dell Publishing's Little Skink's Tail Sweeps the Competition at the Florida Publishers Association Conference (Sylvan Dell Publishing, Sept. 23, 2008)
• Kidlit Central News blog—Meet Janet Halfmann - Mega-published Wisconsin Author (Sept. 12, 2008)
• Sylvan Dell Publishing's Little Skink's Tail Wins Learning Magazine’s Teachers' Choice Award for 2009 (Sylvan Dell Publishing, Aug. 22, 2008)
• The Brown Bookshelf—Artist to Artist: Don Tate chats with Seven Miles to Freedom Illustrator, Duane Smith (July 23, 2008)
• Patricia M. Newman—Meet Other Children's Authors (Jan. 2008)
• The Journal Times—Children's Author Tries Fiction (Dec. 15, 2007)
• Book Bites for Kids blog radio—Little Skink's Tail (Dec. 14, 2007)
• OnMilwaukee.com—Halfmann Weaves a Tale of Tails (Nov. 24, 2007)
• Milwaukee Pubic Radio's Lake Effect—Little Skink's Tail (Oct. 11, 2007)
• South Milwaukee NOW—Trying It On for Size (Aug. 30, 2007)
• A Conversation with Janet Halfmann (Sylvan Dell Publishing)
• A Conversation with Laurie Allen Klein (Sylvan Dell Publishing)

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