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Most Referenced Works
Personal Awards
- 2000 winner Stanley Awards — Jim Russell Award
Awards for Works
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A House of Her Own
Richmond
:
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
,
2014
7581175
2014
single work
picture book
children's
(taught in 1 units)
'Audrey is bigger than she was yesterday. Now she needs a bigger house. So she tells her dad to build her one.
'At the top of a tree.
'It is an ideal house. It has a bathtub for snorkeling, a place to drink tea, and somewhere to hide the dirty cups.
'The house is perfect in every way.
'Except for one thing …
'This is a gently humorous story that explores the clash between a quest for independence and the longing for security. Emerging author Jenny Hughes is once again paired with internationally acclaimed illustrator Jonathan Bentley to create a picture book of outstanding warmth, sensitivity and insight.' (Publication summary)
- 2015 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Early Childhood
- 2015 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Picture Book
- 2015 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Early Childhood
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Lilac Ladies
Richmond
:
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
,
2013
Z1913533
2013
single work
picture book
children's
'The Lilac Ladies have always been the best of friends -
every week they play bowls, swim, sip sodas, dance the
tango and eat cake together. But Lilac Ladies sometimes
need a bit of looking after, and it is always Nelly who fixes
things when they go wrong.
So what happens when Nelly is no longer there?' (Publisher's blurb)
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