Diane Jackson Hill Diane Jackson Hill i(9027051 works by)
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Diane Jackson Hill holds a Graduate Diploma in Music Education, and worked for many years as a primary-school classroom teacher, before specialising in classroom music, science, and special needs. She began writing children's books with the Uke'n Play Ukulele series, which included play-along audio. She has subsequently published a number of children's books.

Source: Author's website (https://dianejacksonhill.com.au/bio/). (sighted: 11/05/2017)

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Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Saving Seal : The Plastic Predicament Carlton : Museum Victoria , 2021 23067899 2021 single work picture book children's

'Seal has made his home in the waters of a coastal village, but he often finds himself trapped and ensnared in the plastic rubbish filling the Bay. Fortunately, he is rescued by Lizzie and Grandpa Dave. 

'Lizzie and Grandpa Dave are motivated to do something about cleaning up their Bay and saving the marine life who are being threatened more and more by the rubbish found in the Bay and on their beaches. They encourage the towns people to join them in their fight against plastic pollution devastating their beaches and harming marine life.

'This is a story about how we can make a change, about cooperation and making the right choices and making them now.'

Source : publisher's blurb

2023 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Three to 5 Years
2022 shortlisted The Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature Picture Fiction
2022 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Eve Pownall Award
y separately published work icon Windcatcher : Migration of the Short-tailed Shearwater Clayton : CSIRO Publishing , 2019 16948156 2019 single work picture book children's

'Follow the amazing 30,000 kilometre annual migration of the short-tailed shearwater.

'A short-tailed shearwater flies from the edge of the Southern Ocean to the rim of the Arctic Circle – and back – every year. This remarkable 30,000 kilometre journey is driven by seabird law.

'Instinct and community will guide her.

'A wingspan the size of a child’s outstretched arms will support her.

'But first, she must catch the wind …

'Based on birds that live on Griffiths Island, near Port Fairy, Victoria, Windcatcher is a tale of migration, conservation and survival that begins with one small bird called Hope.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2020 commended Whitley Awards
2020 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Picture Books
y separately published work icon Chooks in Dinner Suits : A Tale of Big Dogs and Little Penguins Carlton : Museum Victoria , 2015 9027113 2015 single work picture book children's

'On a tiny island lives a waddle of Little Penguins. But their numbers are dwindling. Swampy Marsh knows what to do, but no one will listen. Soon he can count the last few penguins on the fingers of one hand. The desperate townsfolk give Swampy, and his friends Max and Oddball, one chance.

'Will his ‘Oddball’ solution work? Will Swampy save the Little Penguins of Middle Island?

'A warmly funny account of one man’s quest to save a penguin colony, with two very unusual helpers.' (Publication summary)

2017 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Eve Pownall Award
2017 winner The Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature Picture Fiction
2017 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Picture Book
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