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Jackie Kerin Jackie Kerin i(A127440 works by)
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Jackie Kerin specialises in non-fiction picture books: in 2018, she had published two with Museums Victoria, with a third forthcoming.

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Lyrebird! A True Story Melbourne : Museum Victoria , 2012 Z1903249 2012 single work picture book children's

'Australia's most remarkable bird is immortalised in an enchanting new book for children.

'When Edith met a cheeky young young lyrebird on her garden path, she could not guess that he would one day be known as 'A Miracle of the Dandenongs'.

'This true story, retold by Jackie Kerin and beautifully illustrated by Peter Gouldthorpe, celebrates a memorable friendship between a gardener and one of Australia's most extraordinary birds.' (Publication summary)

2013 honour book CBCA Book of the Year Awards Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
2013 commended Whitley Awards Children's Story
1984 2009 single work prose
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2009 2009; (p. 336-343)
2009 joint winner Ada Cambridge Writing Prizes Biographical Prose
y separately published work icon Phar Lap the Wonder Horse Melbourne : Museum Victoria , 2008 Z1627663 2008 single work picture book children's
2008 Winner Pat Glover Memorial Storytelling Award
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