Awards
Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards
HONOUR
• Pilawuk- When I was Young (Eve Pownall Information Award), 1997
• Where does Thursday go? (Early Childhood), 2002
• Hoosh! Camels in Australia (Eve Pownall Information Award), 2006
• I’m a Dirty Dinosaur (Early Childhood), 2014
• Honorary Membership of the Children’s Book Council of Australia, South Australia Branch, as a luminary of children’s literature.
NOTABLE
• Dog Star, 1998
• Duck Down, 1998
• Rocky, 1998
• Leaves for Mr Walter, 1999
• Where Does Thursday Go? (Picture Book), 2002
• Pop-up Fox, 2004
• Elephant Mountain, 2009
• That Boy, Jack (Younger Readers), 2014
• I’m a Dirty Dinosaur, 2014
• Where’s Jessie?, 2016
• Yong: The Journey of an Unworthy Son, 2017
• I’m a Hungry Dinosaur, 2016
Speech Pathology of Australia
WINNER
• I’m a Dirty Dinosaur, 2014
• Look, Baby!, 2021
SHORTLISTED
• I Spy Dad, 2010
• Eddie Pipper, 2013
• I’m a Hungry Dinosaur, 2016
• Yong: The Journey of an Unworthy Son, 2017
• I’m a Dirty Dinosaur: Hide and Seek, 2023
The Wilderness Society’s Environment Award for Children’s Literature
SHORTLISTED
• What’s in the River?, 2002
• It’s and Bits of Nature, 2003
Educational Publishing Awards
SHORTLISTED
• Yong: The Journey of an Unworthy Son, 2017
Children’s Peace Literature Award
SHORTLISTED
• Leaves for Mr Walter, 1999
Equal Opportunity Awards: The Year of the Older Person
HIGHLY COMMENDED
• Max Colwell – When I Was Young, 1999
• Maria Donato – When I Was Young, 1999
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