{"id":46499,"date":"2015-04-02T20:53:20","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T00:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/?p=46499"},"modified":"2015-04-02T20:53:20","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T00:53:20","slug":"author-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/author-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Former resident wins book award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/halfmannth.jpg\" alt=\"halfmannth\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-46502\" \/>Janet Kloeckner Halfmann\u2019s <em>Animal Teachers <\/em><!--more--><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/animal.jpg\" alt=\"animal\" width=\"260\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-46503\" \/><em>Animal Teachers<\/em> by children\u2019s author Janet Kloeckner Halfmann, formerly of rural Fowler\/St. Johns, won Honorable Mention in the Tofte\/Wright Children\u2019s Literature Award from the Council for Wisconsin Writers.<br \/>\nHere\u2019s what the judge had to say about the book: &#8220;This charming compendium of parent\/child animal pairs deftly and humorously extols the virtues of mentoring (kangaroo boxing sessions, anyone?). Gentle questions engage the young reader with the narrative, while an appendix of little-known fun facts adds to the picture book&#8217;s educational appeal. The 3rd and 4th grade students I showed this book to were delighted.&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Animal Teachers<\/em>, a picture book for ages 3-7, is illustrated by Katy Hudson and published by Blue Apple Books. Earlier it won a 2014 Gold Best Book Award from Oppenheim Toy Portfolio.<br \/>\nHalfmann is the author of forty fiction and nonfiction books for children. Her book <em>Star of the Sea: A Day in the Life of a Starfish<\/em>, won first place in this same contest in 2011. Other recent titles include <em>Eggs 1, 2, 3: Who Will the Babies Be?<\/em> <em>A Rainbow of Birds<\/em>, <em>Home in the Cave, Good Night, Little Sea Otter<\/em>, and <em>Seven Miles to Freedom: The Robert Smalls Story<\/em>.<br \/>\nSigned copies of Halfmann\u2019s books are available at Clinton County Art Gallery in downtown St. Johns and Becker Furniture in Fowler<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/halfmann.jpg\" alt=\"halfmann\" width=\"150\" height=\"188\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-46504\" \/>You can learn more about Halfmann and her books at her website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.janethalfmann.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.janethalfmann.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Janet Kloeckner Halfmann\u2019s Animal Teachers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46499\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}