David Kennett David Kennett i(A53991 works by)
Born: Established: 1959 ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Rosemary Sutcliffe and Henry Treece have been cited as the two authors whose books have meant most to David Kennett. As an illustrator as well as a writer, he has also credited the work of illustrators Victor Ambrus, Charles Keeping, N C Wyeth and Howard Pyle as having a lasting and continuing influence on his own work.

Kennett has said that pictures have been important to him and he has always enjoyed drawing animals. He has spent many days drawing at the zoo.

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • For more details about Kennett's work, refer to Kerry White Australian Children's Books: A Bibliography Vol. 3 1989-2000.

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Armistice Sydney South : Working Title Press , 2018 12934234 2018 picture book children's

'In this companion to the award-winning, My Gallipoli, many voices will recall the day the Great War ended and the monthsthat followed before peace rang out around the world.

'On 11 November 1918, after four years of fighting, the Allied powers signed an agreement with Germany to end the Great War and to begin peace negotiations. The armistice, as it was known, took effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. But it would take more than seven months before peace would finally be declared at Versailles on 28 June 1919. The Great War was over. But the world as it had been known was changed forever.

'In this book, many voices recall the day the war ended,and the months that followed before peace rang out around the world. Armistice will bring these stories to life and is published to commemorate the 100th anniversary since the fighting stopped.' (Publication Summary)
2019 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Eve Pownall Award
y separately published work icon Solo Wildlife 2000 London : Southwood , 2000 Z1197826 2000 series - author information book novel children's
2003 winner The Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature — Nonfiction Awarded to the series.
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