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indicates Australian authors/illustrators |
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indicates Western Australian authors/illustrators |
| Key |
indicates readership
levels for author's fiction works:
- EC Early Childhood = Kindergarten -
Yr 3
- MC Middle Childhood = Yrs 3 - 7
- EA Early Adolescence = Yrs 7 - 10
- YA Late Adolescence/Young Adulthood
= Yrs 10 - 12
- ADULT
NOTE: No levels are assigned to illustrators.
Illustrations can be appreciated at all levels. |
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| Website: N/A July 09 |
| James
Aldridge, highly acclaimed novelist, journalist,
playwright and script writer, grew up
in Swan Hill, Victoria but has lived in
England for most of his adult life. He
writes for both children and adults and
has been translated into many languages. |
| Novels |
- The
True Story of Lilli Stubeck, 1984
Winner, CBCA Book of the Year, 1985
- The True Story of Spit
MacPhee, 1985
Winner CBCA Book of the Year, 1986
Winner Guardian Children's Award,
1987
Winner NSW Literary Award - Children's
Book, 1986
- The
Girl from the Sea,
2002
Shortlisted, CBCA Book of the Year:
Older Readers, 2003
- The
Wings of Kitty St Clair, 2006
CBCA Younger Readers
Notable Book 2007
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Pamela
Allen was born in Auckland, New Zealand
in 1934. She developed a love of drawing
as a child and studied Fine Arts when
she finished school. In 1977 she moved
to Sydney with her husband and two children.
Pamela writes and illustrates picture books
for the very young. Her drawings are humorous
and expressive and her text is cumulative,
repetitive and simple providing support for
young readers. Her books are ideal for reading
aloud; encouraging children to participate
in the reading and to make predictions. Many
of Pamela's books have won awards. |
| Picture Books |
- Mr Archimedes'
Bath, 1979
- Who Sank
the Boat? 1982
Winner, CBCA Picture Book of the
Year Award, 1983
- Bertie
and the Bear, 1983
Winner, CBCA Picture Book of
the Year Award, 1984
- Mr McGee,
1987
- Fancy That! 1988
- My Cat
Maisie, 1990
Shortlisted, CBCA Picture Book of
the Year, 1991
- Belinda, 1992
Honour Book, CBCA Picture Book of
the Year, 1993
- Waddle Giggle
Gargle, 1996
CBCA Notable Picture Book, 1997
- The Bear's Lunch, 1998
- Mr McGee
and the Biting Flea,
1998
Shortlisted, CBCA Picture Book
of the Year, 1999
- Mr
McGee and the Perfect Nest, 1999
- The
Pear in the Pear Tree,
1999
CBCA Notable Picture Book,
2000
- Brown Bread and Honey, 2001
- The Potato People,
2002
Shortlisted, CBCA Picture Book
of the Year, 2003
- Daisy All-Sorts, 2002
- Cuthbert's Babies, 2003
- Grandpa
and Thomas,
2003
Shortlisted, CBCA Book of the Year:
Early Childhood, 2004
- Where's the Gold? 2005
- Grandpa
and Thomas and the Green Umbrella, 2006
Shortlisted,
CBCA Book of the Year: Early Childhood,
2007
- Doodledum
Dancing, written
by Meredith Costain, 2006
Honour Book,
CBCA Book of the Year: Early Childhood,
2007
- Share said the Rooster, 2006
- Is Your Grandmother a Goanna? 2007
- Mr McGee and the big bag of bread, 2007
- My first 123, 2007
- Shhh!
Little Mouse, 2007
Shortlisted, CBCA
Book of the Year: Early Childhood,
2008
- Felix, 2008
- Ordinary Albert, written by Nancy Antle, 2008
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- McVitty, Walter, Authors & Illustrators of
Australian Children's Books Hodder & Stoughton, 1989,
p 13-14
- Lees, Stella and
Macintyre, Pam. The Oxford Companion
to Australian Children's Literature.
Melbourne : Oxford University Press
Australia, 1993. p 19-20
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| Website: David
Almond |
| Highly acclaimed British
author, David Almond won both the Carnegie
Medal and the Whitbread Award for Best Children's
Book with his debut novel Skellig.
Since then his novels, all an original mix
of realism and magic, continue to win awards
and challenge young readers. |
| Novels / Short Stories |
- Skellig, 1998
Winner, Carnegie
Medal
Winner, Whitbread Children's
Book Award 1998
Michael
L Printz Honour Book 2000
- Kit's Wilderness, 1999
Michael L Printz Award 2001
Nestlé Smarties
Silver Award
- Heaven Eyes, 2000
Whitbread Shortlist 2000
- Counting Stars, 2000
- Secret
Heart, 2001
- The Fire-eaters, 2003
Winner, Whitbread Children's
Book Award 2003
Nestlé Smarties
Gold Award 2003
Carnegie Medal
2003 Shortlist
- Clay, 2006
- Jackdaw Summer, 2008
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Popular author/illustrator Kerry
Argent was born and educated in South Australia
but now lives in Brisbane. Her first picture
book, One Woolly Wombat,
now considered a modern classic was produced
as part of a South Australia School of Design
project. After graduating Kerry worked as
an illustrator and designer for Omnibus Books.
Since 1993 she has been a freelance illustrator
and designer.
Kerry's early preferred medium of illustration
was coloured pencil. After Thank
You Santa she moved to watercolour,
and pen and ink, which is a faster medium
and allows her style to be less static. |
| Picture Books |
- One
Woolly Wombat, Rod
Trinca & Kerry Argent, 1982
- Sebastian Lives in a Hat, written
by Thelma Catterwell, 1985
- A
Bush Birthday, written by Eleanor Nilsson, 1985
- Animal Capers, 1986
- Derek the Dinosaur, written by Mary Blackwood, 1987
- At the beach, 1988
- Friends, 1988
- Hiding, 1988
- Surprise! 1989
- Thank You Santa, written by Margaret Wild, 1991
- Skip to my Lou, 1994
- Gotcha!, written by Gail Jorgensen, 1995
- Wombat Divine, written by Mem Fox, 1995
- Miss Lily's Fabulous Pink Feather Boa, written by
Margaret Wild, 1998
CBCA Notable Book, 1999
- Sleepy Bears, written by Mem Fox, 1999
- Nighty Night!, written by Margaret Wild, 2000
Shortlisted, CBCA Book of the Year: Early Childhood, 2001s
Shortlisted, CBCA Picture Book
of the Year, 2001
- Dinnertime! written by Ann Weld, 2001
- Too Loud Lily, written by Sofie Laguna, 2002
- India the Showstopper, 2005
- Ruby Roars, written by Margaret Wild, 2007
CBCA Notable Early Childhood Book, 2008
Allen & Unwin Teacher Reviews
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| References |
- McVitty,
Walter. Authors & Illustrators of
Australian Children's Books Hodder & Stoughton,
1989, p. 15
- The Dromkeen
Book of Australian Children's Illustrators.
Compiled by Susan Scobie. Scholastic,
1997. pp.18-20
ISBN 1 86388 695 8
- Sheahan-Bright,
Robyn. 'Stickybeak! A Profile
of Kerry Argent', in Magpies,
Volume 22, Issue No. 1, March 2007,
pp. 4-6
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| Website: The Margaret
Atwood Reference Site |
| Margaret Atwood is an eminent Canadian novelist and poet. A number of her books appear on reading lists for Secondary English students. |
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