Jim Howes Jim Howes i(A31592 works by)
Also writes as: Ninon Neil and Jim
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Jim Howes has been a publisher and has written in the areas of natural history, travel and children's literature. In addition, he has written a number of books for children about species conservation and has also contributed to the Macmillan Australia Children's Encyclopedia. Apart from information books for young people, he has written numerous readers for primary school age children for the Southern Cross Macmillan series. Howes has also written the text for a photographic book about Aboriginal art, Little Bit Long Way (1986).

He writes with Ninon Phillips and Neil MacLeod as Ninon, Neil and Jim.

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • The Bibliography of Australian Literature Vol II wrongly lists Jim Howes as co-author of Troublemaker and The Bogeyman in the Garden (1996) with Diane Bates(q.v.) and Sleepover at Sally's (1996) with Michael Dugan(q.v.).
  • For information about this author's works for children not yet included in AustLit, see Australian Children's Books by Marcie Muir and Kerry White (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1992-2004).

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Islands In My Garden Port Melbourne : Roland Harvey Books , 1998 Z834424 1998 single work picture book children's The back garden provides a home for dragonflies, worms, shield bugs, ladybirds, frogs, beetles, earwigs, butterflies, spiders, and many other mini-beasts.
1999 winner The Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature — Picture Book
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