Events
Author Event at Bear Pond Books ft. George Woodard
We are excited to welcome author, George Woodard, to Bear Pond Books promoting his book, "The Christmas Calf" on Saturday, 12/6 from 11am to 1pm.
About the Book:
With a small herd of cows to milk every day, Vermont dairy farmer, George Woodard has squeezed in directing, shooting, and editing two farm-related critically acclaimed feature films. The Summer of Walter Hacks, a mystery adventure where an eleven year old fiddle-playing farm boy in 1952 rides around town on his bicycle fixing farm equipment. And The Farm Boy, a WWII era love story about a young man who drives milk truck for his father and later ends up in Belgium in what would become the Battle of the Bulge. Both films are in black and white using camera techniques of those time periods.
And now George has released his first children’s book, The Christmas Calf. Illustrated in black and white, he has used his filmmaking knowledge of shot lists and story boards combined with his farm experiences to create a heart-warming story that all farmers will recognize. It is a children’s book for ages eight to eighty and beyond. With over sixty pen and ink drawings, the story is about a nine-year old boy who goes to the barn on a cold winter night to check a cow expecting a calf…and it’s on Christmas Eve. A whimsical tale of wonder and delight, The Christmas Calf invites you to be part of something truly magical.
About the Author:
Why a black & white book about a boy’s adventures with cows
and music? That’s George Woodard. A dairy farmer with a movie
camera who used his son in two black and white feature films
between milking his 25 cows every day. ‘ The Summer of Walter
Hacks’, a 1952 mystery about an 11-year old fiddle playing farm
boy who rides around town on a bicycle fixing farm equipment.
And ‘ The Farm Boy’, a 1944 love story and war driven adventure
through the Ardennes forest in Belgium during what would become known as the Battle of the Bulge. Both critically acclaimed films were mostly shot on his farm.
Music? The films were financed mostly from ‘ The Ground Hog Opry’, an old time radio stage show Mr. Woodard created which became popular to sold out Opera Houses and Town Halls all across Vermont.
And that’s why a black & white book about a boy’s adventures with cows and music. George is also a two time award winning film actor, a Country Music contest winner, a National Jr. College cross country ski champion and an award winning filmmaker. Mostly he milked cows.
