Farm Bureau announces 2008 Children’s Literature Award winnerPublished on 03/12/2008 For Immediate Release COLUMBUS, Ohio (OFBF) - Clarabelle – Making Milk and So Much More by Cris Peterson has been named the winner of the 2008 Ohio Farm Bureau Federation (OFBF) Children's Literature Award. The annual award recognizes the author of a children's book that OFBF considers to be an especially important contribution to American literature. This is the 19th consecutive year OFBF has recognized such an achievement. Peterson is a five-time recipient of OFBF’s Children's Literature Award, having previously been honored for writing Extra Cheese Please (1995), Harvest Year (1997), Century Farm (1999) and Fantastic Farm Machines (2006). In 2004, she was named National Dairy Woman of the Year at the World Dairy Expo for her writing and leadership in the agricultural industry. "Cris Peterson is an expert on dairying because she lives and breathes it every day on her family's farm in Grantsburg, Wisconsin," said Judy Roush, OFBF education specialist. Clarabelle – Making Milk and So Much More, author Cris Peterson highlights a large Wisconsin dairy operation while explaining the latest technology being used by dairy farmers today including an anaerobic digester system. It is published by Boyds Mill Press with photography by David Lundquist. The book was selected from nominations submitted by Farm Bureau members, librarians and publishers. “There was a particularly strong group of nominees this year,” Roush said. “Any of them would’ve been a wonderful selection for the award.” Other books nominated for the award include:
To obtain copies of Clarabelle – Making Milk and So Much More, contact your county Farm Bureau office or visit www.ofbf.org and click on "Learning Resources."
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