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John Van Loon John Van Loon i(A47641 works by)
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

John Van Loon is an artist and graphic designer. He studied art at the Gordon Institute of Technology in Geelong in the early 1960s, and went on to be a book designer. Husband of Joan Van Loon.

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • For information about this author's works for children not yet included in AustLit, see Australian Children's Books by Marcie Muir and Kerry White (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1992-2004).

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Mang the Wild Orangutan South Melbourne : Lothian , 2007 Z1380875 2007 single work picture book children's The tale of Mang, a wild orangutan who is captured, and taken to live in a zoo.
2008 shortlisted The Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature Picture Books
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