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Brenda Parkes Brenda Parkes i(A93442 works by) (a.k.a. Brenda J. Parkes; Brenda Jean)
Also writes as: 'Susan Leslie'
Born: Established: 1939
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New Zealand,
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Pacific Region, ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Brenda Parkes holds a BA in education from the University of Queensland, a Master of Education in reading from the University of Arizona, and a PhD in education from the University of Wollongong.

She has taught in New Zealand and Australia and spent twenty years as a teacher educator at Griffith University and has worked as a literacy consultant for early childhood programs in Australia and the United States of America.

Her publications include Read It Again! Revisiting Shared Reading (2000) and also Exploring Informational Texts: From Theory to Practice (2003), co-edited with Linda Hoyt and Margaret Mooney. She has also published teaching resources and readers in many series for various publishers.

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • For information about this author's works for children not included in AustLit, see Australian Children's Books by Marcie Muir and Kerry White (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1992-2003).
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