Jenni Overend Jenni Overend i(A10168 works by) (birth name: Jennifer Kaye Martin)
Born: Established: 28 Feb 1956 Warburton, Warburton area, Yea - Eildon - Warburton area, Melbourne Outer North, Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 16 Jul 2011 Toolangi, Healesville area, Yea - Eildon - Warburton area, Melbourne Outer North, Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Female
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1 Untitled i "If I noticed the warmth of the", Jenni Overend , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Age , 8 August 2011; (p. 18)
1 5 y separately published work icon Stride's Summer Jenni Overend , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2007 Z1410120 2007 single work children's fiction children's

'After his dad dies in a fishing accident, Stride turns to Ferd, his dad's pet bird, for comfort. He's determined to make sure nothing in his life changes so dramatically ever again. But soon Ferd makes a new friend - a girl! - and Stride's mother makes unsettling plans, and suddenly everything safe and familiar in his world spirals dangerously out of control...

'This summer, Stride has to overcome more than just his grief for his father - he has to learn to let go, trust others and even put his own life at risk. And he has to find a way to accept that change isn't always a huge and terrible thing.

'A coming-of-age novel about a boy, a bird and a bond that even a bushfire can't break.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 I Must Be Sick Jenni Overend , 2006 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: The Envelope Please : A Celebration of the Winners from the 2005 National Literary Awards 2006; (p. 45-55)
1 y separately published work icon Barking Jenni Overend , South Melbourne : Lothian , 2005 Z1305465 2005 single work children's fiction children's
3 7 y separately published work icon Hello Baby Jenni Overend , Julie Vivas (illustrator), Sydney : ABC Books , 1999 Z15973 1999 single work picture book children's Children participate in the natural home birth of their baby brother with their father, and midwife Anna.
1 Looking Back Jenni Overend , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , March vol. 8 no. 1 1996; (p. 32-33)
— Review of Alison Margaret Watts , 1995 single work novel
1 2 y separately published work icon Richard the Elder Jenni Overend , South Australia : Omnibus Books , 1995 Z833186 1995 single work children's fiction children's humour

'Richard's mum is crazy about babies. So crazy that she pokes her nose into every pram, every sling, every carry cot. Women with babies run away when they see her coming. Richard is used to his mum terrifying all the mothers in the street. But then one day she comes up with a plan which terrifies him.' (Publication summary)
1 2 y separately published work icon Princess Grandma Jenni Overend , Naomi C. Lewis (illustrator), Sydney : Ashton Scholastic , 1994 Z837981 1994 single work picture book children's

'A little girl lives next door to an old Fijian lady who tells her wonderful stories of her island home. When Princess Grandma dies she leaves the child a small woven mat that she herself can dream on, remembering the stories and her friend.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
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