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BiographyHistory
Most Referenced Works
Personal Awards
- 2018 recipient May Gibbs Children's Literature Trust Fellowship
Awards for Works
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Up and Down on a Rainy Day
Brisbane
:
State Library of Queensland
,
2020
20937815
2020
single work
picture book
children's
'A farming family gets up to wet and muddy fun as the rain falls down. Celebrating farms, family and rainy-day play!'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Too Many Friends
St Lucia
:
University of Queensland Press
,
2017
11082701
2017
single work
children's fiction
children's
'At school I have lots of friends.
'I have so many friends that sometimes I don’t know who to play with.
'Tahnee wants everyone in her Year 2 class to get along and be happy. But what happens when all of Tahnee’s friends want her attention at the same time? And how can Tahnee be friends with Lucy, when Lucy doesn’t seem to want any friends?
'A novel about friendship and school life, and the balance we all need to find to be the best friend we can be. ' (Publication summary)
- 2018 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Younger Readers
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Bully on the Bus
St Lucia
:
University of Queensland Press
,
2014
6954487
2014
single work
children's fiction
children's
'The bully on the bus taunts 7-year-old Leroy, then silences him with threats of worse to come. While hunting for hidden messages in The Big Bad Book of Fairytales, Leroy becomes Little Red Robin Hood, and finds the strength and courage he needs to overcome the bully’s torments, once and for all.' (Publication summary)
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