21st Annual Benefit Concert
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Presentation of the John Denver Memorial Award
The 2005 WFMA John Denver Memorial Award was presented to
Dawn Publications. Accepting the award was Christopher Canyon.
Dawn Publications is a Nevada City, CA-based publisher that began connecting people with nature by publishing "Sharing Nature with Children" in 1979.
With authors and illustrators all over the U.S., Dawn Publications offers more than 80 titles, as well as a series of guides to assist teachers in sharing nature with children.
Christopher Canyon is the illustrator of several wonderful books for children. He has adapted and illustrated three of John Denver's songs as Children's books:
"Sunshine on My Shoulders" (2003), "Ancient Rhymes: A Dolphin Lulaby" (2004) and "Take Me Home, Country Roads" (2005).
Christopher Canyon accepting the WFMA John Denver Award
Christopher Canyon was joined on stage by
for a wonderful rendition of Take me Home, Country Roads.
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