A Rose for the Anzac Boys (22 page)

Jackie French
is a full-time writer who lives in rural New South Wales. Jackie writes fiction and non-fiction for children and adults, and has columns in the print media. Jackie is regarded as one of Australia’s most popular children’s authors. She writes across all genres—from picture books, humour and history to science fiction. Her books have won the following awards (and won and been shortlisted for many others too):

Hitler’s Daughter

• CBC Younger Readers’ Award winner, 2000

• UK National Literacy Association WOW! Award winner, 2001

• Shortlisted in the Fiction for Older Readers category, YABBA awards 2007

• US Library Association Notable Book

• Koala Awards 2007, Roll of Honour

In Your Blood

• ACT Book of the Year, 2002

Diary of a Wombat
(illustrated by Bruce Whatley)

• Nielsen BookData/Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year, 2002 (the only picture book ever to win this award)

• (USA) Benjamin Franklin Award

• (USA) Lemmee Award

• (USA) Favourite Picture Book of the Year, Cuffie Awards, 2003

• (USA) Funniest Book in the Cuffie Awards (tied with
Diary of a Worm
), 2003

• Cool Award, for Best Picture Book, voted by the kids of the ACT, 2003

• Young Australian Readers’ Award winner, 2003

• KOALA Award for Best Picture Book winner, 2003

•
(USA) KIND Award winner, 2004

• Shortlisted for the Bilby Awards, 2007

• Northern Territory KROC Award for Favourite Book of 2007

To the Moon and Back
(co-written with Bryan Sullivan, Jackie’s husband)

• CBC Eve Pownall Award for Information Books winner, 2005

They Came on Viking Ships

• Shortlisted: (UK) Essex Book Award; winner to be announced in 2008

• Winner: West Australian Young Readers’ Book Awards (WAYBRA) (Younger Readers), 2007

• Shortlisted: NSW Premier’s History Awards (Young People’s History Prize), 2006

Macbeth and Son

• Shortlisted: CBC Awards, 2007

The Goat Who Sailed the World

• Notable Book: CBC Awards (Younger Readers), 2007

Josephine Wants To Dance
(illustrated by Bruce Whatley)

• Australian Booksellers’ Book of the Year, Younger Readers, 2007.

• Notable Book: CBC Awards (Early Childhood), 2007

• Notable Book: CBC Awards (Picture Book of the Year), 2007

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Wacky Families Series

1. My Dog the Dinosaur • 2. My Mum the Pirate • 3. My Dad the Dragon

4. My Uncle Gus the Garden Gnome • 5. My Uncle Wal the Werewolf

6. My Gran the Gorilla • 7. My Auntie Chook the Vampire Chicken

8. My Pa the Polar Bear

Phredde Series

1. A Phaery Named Phredde • 2. Phredde and a Frog Named Bruce

3. Phredde and the Zombie Librarian • 4. Phredde and the Temple of Gloom

5. Phredde and the Leopard-Skin Librarian • 6. Phredde and the Purple Pyramid

7. Phredde and the Vampire Footy Team • 8. Phredde and the Ghostly Underpants

Outlands Trilogy

In the Blood • Blood Moon • Flesh and Blood

Historical

Somewhere Around the Corner • Dancing with Ben Hall • Soldier on the Hill

Daughter of the Regiment • Hitler’s Daughter • Lady Dance • The White Ship How the Finnegans Saved the Ship • Valley of Gold • Tom Appleby, Convict Boy They Came on Viking Ships • Macbeth and Son • The Goat who Sailed the World The Dog who Loved a Queen • The Camel who Crossed Australia (August 2008)

Fiction

Rain Stones • Walking the Boundaries • The Secret Beach • Summerland

Beyond the Boundaries • A Wombat Named Bosco • The Book of Unicorns The Warrior – The Story of a Wombat • Tajore Arkle • Missing You, Love Sara Dark Wind Blowing • Ride the Wild Wind: The Golden Pony and Other Stories

Non-fiction

Seasons of Content • How the Aliens from Alpha Centauri Invaded

My Maths Class and Turned Me into a Writer

How to Guzzle Your Garden • The Book of Challenges

Stamp, Stomp, Whomp • The Fascinating History of Your Lunch

Big Burps, Bare Bums and Other Bad-Mannered Blunders

To the Moon and Back • Rocket Your Child into Reading

The Secret World of Wombats

The Wonderful World of Wallabies and Kangaroos (July 2008)

Picture Books

Diary of a Wombat • Pete the Sheep • Josephine Wants to Dance

The Shaggy Gully times