Anna Pignataro Anna Pignataro i(A59713 works by)
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Anna completed her art college studies in Melbourne and has worked in graphic design and teaching, and painted murals for theatre plays and shops. Anna won the Crichton Award for Children's Book Illustration in 1998, and was shortlisted for Picture Book of the Year by the Children's Book Council of Australia in 1999 and by YABBA in 2000. Anna's books were selected as CBCA Notable Books in 2001, 2004 and 2005.

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • Other works not individually indexed include: 

    The Little Fairy Book board book series.

    Be Kind (Board book)

    Go Wild (Board book)

Personal Awards

2016 recipient Australia Council Grants, Awards and Fellowships — Australia Council Literature Board Grants Literature Arts Projects For Individuals and Groups $34,000.00
1998 joint winner CBCA Book of the Year Awards — CBCA Award for New Illustrator Won by Anna Pignataro for the illustrations for the selected work of short stories for children I'm in the Sky and I Can't Come Back
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Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Rainbow Days Prahran : Hardie Grant Children's Publishing , 2022 25851473 2022 single work picture book children's

'Seven rainbow colours,
a week has seven days.
Counting through them one by one,
in seven different ways.

'A warm and colourful tour through the days of the week from bestselling children's book creators Margaret Hamilton and Anna Pignataro.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
2023 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Early Childhood
y separately published work icon Florence and Fox Melbourne : Walker Books Australia , 2021 20450000 2021 single work picture book children's

'A classic voice and character-driven story that tackles sharing in a kid-friendly, non-didactic way.

'Florence can’t share her toys with Fox today because today is not Sharing Day. Fox has not heard of Sharing Day, which Florence explains won’t be coming for hundreds of days. Fox has some questions. Luckily Florence has all the answers.' (Publication summary)
2022 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards — Three to 5 Years
2022 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Early Childhood
y separately published work icon A Thousand Kisses from Mummy Lindfield : Scholastic Australia , 2020 18673873 2020 single work picture book children's

'A kiss to wake me from my sleep, then more to treasure and to keep. And I'm as happy as can be, A thousand kisses, all for me! A beautiful story that is full to the brim with kisses.'  (Publication summary) 
2021 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards — Birth to 3 Years
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