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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 include Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School; Grandma Is a Slowpoke; Animal Teachers; 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; and Seven Miles to Freedom: The Robert Smalls Story. Janet has written forty fiction and nonfiction books for children.

Before becoming a children’s author, Janet was a daily newspaper reporter, children’s m ...more

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Average rating: 4.14 · 965 ratings · 294 reviews · 73 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 — 240 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 — 181 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
	Star of the Sea: A Day in the Life of a Starfish by Janet Halfmann (Goodreads Author), Joan Paley (Illustrator) 4.06 avg rating — 85 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
	Good Night, Little Sea Otter by Janet Halfmann (Goodreads Author), Wish Williams (Illustrator) 4.38 avg rating — 104 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
	Seven Miles to Freedom: The Robert Smalls Story 4.22 avg rating — 78 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 4.07 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Little Skink's Tail 4.03 avg rating — 33 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) 3.73 avg rating — 33 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 — 30 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
	Little Black Ant on Park Street by Janet Halfmann (Goodreads Author), Kathleen Rietz (Illustrator) 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2009 — 6 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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Smithsonian's Backyard (31 books)
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Janet Halfmann and 3 other people liked Barbara's review of Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School: "Bringing to mind the work of others who risked their lives to teach others to read and write, this brief biography tells the story of Lilly Ann Granderson. Life certainly wasn't easy for Lilly Ann, a slave who was born in Virginia in 1821 and then..." Read more of this review »
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Janet Halfmann and 1 other person liked Sandy Brehl's review of Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School: "Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School is an intense and moving biography of a remarkable woman. I won't give away the intriguing details, but at each turn in her enslaved life, she found ways to sustain herself and improve h..." Read more of this review »
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Janet Halfmann and 1 other person liked Joan Marie's review of Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School: "This narrative biography tells the story of one courageous woman who stood up to social injustice and made a difference in the lives of fellow slaves. Back matter includes Afterword, Selected References, Quotation Sources, and Acknowledgements. Il..." Read more of this review »
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Janet Halfmann and 1 other person liked Kimberly's review of Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School: "This is a wonderful biography of Lilly Ann Granderson, who taught dozens of slaves to read and write while she was a slave herself. Granderson adamantly believed that education was integral to slaves gaining their freedom, and many of the slaves s..." 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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