Meredith Hooper Meredith Hooper i(A46596 works by) (a.k.a. Meredith Jean Hooper)
Born: Established: 1939 Adelaide, South Australia, ;
Gender: Female
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1 5 y separately published work icon Emily and Alfie Meredith Hooper , Emma Quay (illustrator), Sydney : Hachette Livre Australia , 2006 Z1274335 2006 single work picture book children's
1 y separately published work icon Ponko and the South Pole Meredith Hooper , Jan Ormerod (illustrator), London : Frances Lincoln , 2002 Z1079698 2002 single work picture book children's
3 1 y separately published work icon Gold : A Treasure Hunt Through Time Meredith Hooper , London : Hodder Children's Books , 2002 Z1000645 2002 single work picture book children's
2 2 y separately published work icon Thank You for My Yukky Present Meredith Hooper , Emma Quay (illustrator), Rydalmere : Hodder Headline , 2002 Z956208 2002 single work picture book children's 'Charlie is very excited when a present arrives from his grandma. But instead of all the wonderful possibilities he imagines, it's a hand-knitted jumper in rainbow striped wool. His mother makes him thank Gran anyway, but one night the jumper asks Charlie to go on a journey'. (Source: bookseller's website.)
1 2 y separately published work icon Who Built the Pyramid? Meredith Hooper , Robin Heighway-Bury (illustrator), Cambridge : Candlewick Press , 2001 Z970812 2001 single work picture book children's This book is about the builders of the pyramid of Senwosret I. Senwosret was the son of Amenemhat I. Senwosret built many monuments during his long reign. He ruled Egypt from 1918 BC to 1875 BC.
1 y separately published work icon The Pole-Seekers Meredith Hooper , London : Hodder Children's Books , 2000 Z1079658 2000 single work children's fiction children's adventure

'The year is 1901 and as men begin their journey to the South Pole, a company of rats on board their ship are about to do the same. This extraordinary children's story tells of the first expedition to the Antarctic from a rat's point of view.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2 y separately published work icon Dogs' Night Meredith Hooper , Allan Curless (illustrator), Mark Burgess (illustrator), Connecticut : Millbrook Press , 2000 Z1000654 2000 single work picture book children's On their annual Dogs' Night, all the dogs depicted in an art gallery leave their paintings to play, but four of them create a sensation by going back into the wrong paintings. Includes information about the real paintings shown.
1 3 y separately published work icon Ice Trap! Shackleton's Incredible Expedition Meredith Hooper , M. P. Robertson (illustrator), London : Frances Lincoln , 2000 Z897901 2000 single work non-fiction children's
1 3 y separately published work icon Antarctic Journal : The Hidden Worlds of Antarctica's Animals Meredith Hooper , Lucia deLeiris (illustrator), London : Frances Lincoln , 2000 Z897887 2000 single work non-fiction children's

Antarctica is a desert, vast and frozen. Yet there is life in Antarctica. Abundant, wonderful life. The land does not feed the millions of animals that manage to survive in this harsh and beautiful place. The ocean fuels Antarctica's life.

Written and researched in Antarctica with stunning sketches and watercolours completed on site, Antarctic Journal creates a vibrant sense of the crowded Antarctic summer. Experience Antarctic expeditioners Meredith Hooper and Lucia deLeiris travelled for three and a half months, selected by the US Antarctic Artists & Writers Program. 

This unique journal includes information on the Antarctic eco-system, climate change, the food web, maps and an index. (Source: Publication Summary)

1 1 y separately published work icon Gandali the Whale Meredith Hooper , Anita Mertzlin (illustrator), Milsons Point : Random House Australia , 2000 Z896462 2000 single work picture book children's Gandali, a baby humpback whale, reluctantly follows his mother on the journey they must make from the warm tropical waters of the Great Barrier Reef southwards to Antarctica.
1 3 y separately published work icon River Story Meredith Hooper , Bee Willey (illustrator), London : Walker Books [London] , 2000 Z824019 2000 single work picture book children's Follows a river from its source as a mountain stream formed from melting snow, as it rushes over rocks and through valleys to the busy city, and finally to its end, where it joins the sea.
2 y separately published work icon A Song For Planet Earth Meredith Hooper , Rupert van Wyk (illustrator), Oxford : Oxford University Press , 1999 Z1079672 1999 single work picture book children's

A Song for Planet Earth takes us on a lyrical journey around the world and celebrates the beauty and glory of life on our planet. From under the polar ice to the hottest desert, from rainforests to city streets, animals and plants occupy every layer and niche of our planet.

In Antarctica, penguins glide through water and a seal breaks through the ice for air. In a South American rainforest twisting vines struggle upwards seeking sunlight. A volcano erupts in the West Indies bringing death and destruction. A tiger in the Indian jungle fiercely protects her young, while domestic cats prowl and hunt in an urban territory.

We are also taken deep below the sea to the rainbow-coloured coral reef of Australia, across to a carefully tended Japanese paddy field, and on to an African plain where clues to our past are uncovered.

Growth, decay, camouflage, and survival are all part of the infinite cycle of movement on Earth.

Stunningly illustrated by Rupert van Wyk, this is a vibrant visualisation of the wonderful wealth of living things that make up our planet Earth. (Source: back cover)

2 y separately published work icon Tom's Rabbit : A True Story From Scott's Last Voyage Meredith Hooper , Bert Kitchen (illustrator), Toronto : Stoddart Kids , 1998 Z1000772 1998 single work prose children's In 1910 on a voyage to Antarctica aboard the ship Terra Nova, Tom searches for a warm place for his rabbit and returns after Christmas dinner to find a surprise. Based on the diary of Tom Crean.
1 y separately published work icon The Drop in My Drink : The Story of Water on our Planet Meredith Hooper , Chris Coady (illustrator), London : Frances Lincoln Children's Books , 1998 12332774 1998 single work picture book children's

Water tumbles inside clouds, drifts as snowflakes, collects in puddles. Water creeps up the stems of sunflowers and slips down the throats of tigers.

Where does this marvellous liquid come from? How does it behave? Why is it so important? Well-known science writer Meredith Hooper tells the amazing story of water on our Earth. Beginning before the Earth was formed and continuing to the present day, the dramatic narrative explains the nature of water and the water cycle, and the collection between water and the development of life on our planet. (Source: Back cover)

2 y separately published work icon Honey Biscuits Meredith Hooper , London : Kingfisher , 1997 Z1000766 1997 single work picture book children's When Ben learns how to make honey biscuits with his gran, he doesn't just find out how to bake biscuits, he also discovers where all the ingredients in the recipe come from and whose help he really needs. (Source: Back cover)
1 y separately published work icon A Cow, a Bee, a Cookie, and Me Meredith Hooper , New York (City) : Kingfisher , 1997 Z1000761 1997 single work picture book children's A young boy's grandmother explains how nature provides the different ingredients they need to make some cookies. Includes recipe.
2 y separately published work icon How High is the Sky? Meredith Hooper , London : Simon and Schuster , 1990 Z1000610 1990 single work picture book children's
1 y separately published work icon Evie's Magic Lamp Meredith Hooper , Caroline Crossland (illustrator), London : Simon and Schuster , 1990 Z1000606 1990 single work picture book children's
2 1 y separately published work icon The Journal of Watkin Stench Meredith Hooper , Cambridge : Lutterworth , 1988 Z849477 1988 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon The Ashton Scholastic History of Australia Manning Clark , Meredith Hooper , Susanne Ferrier , Sydney : Ashton Scholastic , 1988 Z834112 1988 single work non-fiction children's
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