Janet (Kloeckner) Halfmann has been awarded the 2012 Teachers’ Choice Award for Picture Books for Fur and Feathers.
Teachers’ Choice Awards have been a part of Learning Magazine since 1994. Since that time, the program has grown to become one of the most recognized and prestigious awards in the educational market. It is the only awards program judged exclusively by teachers in the classroom. This year, only ten children’s books received the distinction, based on their scores from the evaluations done by a panel of teachers across the country. The winners will receive a spotlight in the magazine’s Children’s Book Award section, as well as a seal distinguishing them as a Children’s Books winner.
When Sophia dreams that howling winds whisk the fur and feathers off her animal friends, she shares her clothes with them. But her clothing doesn’t work well for the animals. Seeing their disappointment, she finds her grandma’s huge sewing box and offers to sew each animal a new coat. They line up to explain what they need and why. Polar Bear needs white fur to stay warm and hide in the snow. Fish needs scales, but with slime. Snake needs scales too, but dry ones. And how will Sophia make a prickly coat for Porcupine?
In Fur and Feathers, the award-winning team of Halfmann and illustrator Laurie Allen Klein reunite to bring animal coverings to life in a creative, imaginative tale of caring and friendship.
