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Janet Halfmann

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St. Johns, MI, The United States

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Children's Books

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nature, history, grandchildren

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Janet Halfmann is a multi-award-winning children’s author who strives to make her books come alive for young readers and listeners. Many of her picture books are about animals and nature. She also writes picture book biographies about little-known people of achievement. Recent titles by Janet include A Bobby-Dazzler of a Pouch!; The Story of Civil War Hero Robert Smalls (Chapter Book for Grades 3-7); Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School; Grandma Is a Slowpoke; Animal Teachers; A Rainbow of Birds; Eggs 1, 2, 3: Who Will the Babies Be?; Home in the Cave; Star of the Sea: A Day in the Life of a Starfish; Good Night, Little Sea Otter; Fur and Feathers; Little Skink's Tail; and Seven Miles to Freedom: The Robert Smalls St ...more

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Average rating: 4.16 · 1,091 ratings · 337 reviews · 75 distinct works • Similar authors

	Eggs, 1, 2, 3: Who Will The Babies Be? by Janet Halfmann (Goodreads Author), Betsy Thompson (Illustrator) 4.13 avg rating — 248 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School by Janet Halfmann (Goodreads Author), London Ladd (Illustrator) 4.23 avg rating — 222 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Good Night, Little Sea Otter by Janet Halfmann (Goodreads Author), Wish Williams (Illustrator) 4.40 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Star of the Sea: A Day in the Life of a Starfish by Janet Halfmann (Goodreads Author), Joan Paley (Illustrator) 4.03 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seven Miles to Freedom: The Robert Smalls Story 4.22 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Home in the Cave 4.05 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Little Skink's Tail 3.86 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2007 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grandma Is a Slowpoke by Janet Halfmann (Goodreads Author), Michele Coxon (Illustrations) 3.75 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fur and Feathers by Janet Halfmann (Goodreads Author), Laurie Allen Klein (Illustrator) 4.03 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of Civil War Hero Robert Smalls by Janet Halfmann (Goodreads Author), Duane Smith (Illustrations) 4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Janet Halfmann wants to read The Clothesline Code: The Story of Civil War Spies Lucy Ann and Dabney Walker by Janet Halfmann (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Janet Halfmann liked Rosemary's review of The Story of Civil War Hero Robert Smalls: "I really like Lee and Low's "The Story of..." series: for me, it's easily a companion series to the more well-known "Who Was...?" series from Penguin Random House, and the subjects of the "Story of" books shine spotlights on people of color that we m" Read more of this review »
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Janet Halfmann liked Kristi Bernard's review of The Story of Civil War Hero Robert Smalls: "Robert Smalls was born into slavery in 1839. He was a favored slave when he was young, but when he was older, he still dreamed of freedom. When he was twelve, he was sent to Charleston to work and that is where he learned about the free slaves in the" Read more of this review »
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Janet Halfmann liked Beth's review of The Story of Civil War Hero Robert Smalls: "Good early-reader biography of a pilot in the Civil War (a boat pilot, I guess I should say, in these times of Presidents with poor history comprehension). We start with his childhood, with his kind owners who kindly make him work and take all his wa" Read more of this review »
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In her lyrical picture book, My Grandma's Pink House, Penelope Anne Cole perfectly captures the loving relationship between a grandma and her grandchildren. Readers and listeners will wish they were at the "pink house," helping bake a cake, jumping i ...more
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