Local Nanny's Book Wins Cheerios Contest

'Great Dog Wash' To Be Put Inside 1.5M Cereal Boxes

POSTED: 11:24 am CDT April 13, 2009

UPDATED: 3:31 pm CDT April 13, 2009

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Your next box of Cheerios could include something from Nashville.

Shellie Braeuner, a Nashville nanny, is the winner of the first Cheerios Spoonful of Stories New Author Contest.

Her book will be put inside 1.5 million boxes of Cheerios. The never-before-published children's author also received $5,000.

Braeuner's story, "The Great Dog Wash," was selected from close to 1,000 entries.

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