Jul 29, 2020

Did you Miss it? Lisl H. Detlefsen, Peggy Thomas and more Accurate Ag Authors Talk Books

Did you miss this webinar? You can view it online here for one month until September 20, 2020.

Summary:

Some of our favorite accurate ag authors as they answer these questions!

• What makes an accurate ag book?
• Why is agricultural literacy important?
• Why are books about agriculture important?
  
• What is your favorite accurate ag book and why?
• Why do you write books about agriculture?
• Why is accuracy in ag books important?
• What do you wish every reader knew about agriculture?
• Some of you write about figures in ag history or ag history events. How can we learn from stories of the past? Why are they relevant today?
• Where do you find inspiration to write about agriculture topics?

Please share the recorded webinar with librarians, educators, parents and anyone else you think could be interested!

Featured Authors include:

Lisl H. Detlefsen author of: Right This Very Minute and Time for Cranberries www.lislhdbooks.com Follow on: Twitter , Facebook, and Instagram

Peggy Thomas author of: Full of Beans; Henry Ford Grows a Car, George Washington Carver For Kids, Thomas Jefferson Grows a Nation, Farmer George Plants a Nation, Coming Soon: Lincoln Clears a Path (January, 2021) www.peggythomaswrites.com Follow on: Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram

Nancy Castaldo author of: The Story of Seeds and The Farm that Feeds Us www.nancycastaldo.com Follow on: Twitter

Lisa Amstutz author of: Applesauce Day, The Ultimate Guide to Gardening: Grow Your Own Indoor, Vegetable, Fairy, and Other Great Gardens, and Farm Facts series www.LisaAmstutz.com Follow on: Twitter, Instagram and Facebook

Lindsay Metcalf author of FARMERS UNITE! https://www.lindsayhmetcalf.com. Follow on: Twitter and Instagram

Panel Moderator: Johnna Miller

Johnna Miller has been with AFBF for 19 years and currently serves as Director of Media and Advocacy Training in the Leadership, Education and Engagement Department. Johnna fills a unique training role that stems from her previous life as a general assignment reporter for television stations in North Carolina and West Virginia. Johnna is a Colorado native and graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor of Science degree in broadcasting and film. (And she’s a big Denver Bronco fan.)