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Independent Press Award 

2025 Distinguished Favorite

Stephen G. Bowling

Winslow Scarecrow

He’s friendly as can be! But when his kindness causes a stir, can this cornfield guardian use his noggin to make everyone happy?
Winslow the scarecrow wouldn’t hurt a fly. Full of song and wearing a silly hat, the bespectacled fellow stretches out his arms and welcomes the crows to rest their weary wings. But he’s shocked when the other straw-filled-scarers get upset because they think he’s falling down on the job.
Listening to his brightly dressed pals argue over what is proper, he thinks hard to come up with a better way. And hoping to find an agreeable solution, he spies the fallen corn on the ground going to waste and the kernel of an idea begins to sprout.
Can Winslow protect the farmer’s crops and still welcome the rascally rooks?

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