Ferg McKinnon Ferg McKinnon i(A69213 works by)
Born: Established: 1950 ;
Gender: Male
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Ferg McKinnon studied geography, demography, economics, economic statistics, Russian and Russian Literature at Monash University in Melbourne, as well as completing a Diploma of Education. He played bass guitar in the 1970s rock band 'Rainbow Theatre' which produced two albums (The Armada and A Fantasy of Horses). During this time he taught matriculation geography and worked as a freelance journalist and music critic for The Nation Review. Subsequently he worked in various non-literary occupations, then as an in-depth interviewer in medical, industrial, commercial and consumer market research, as well as running his own garden maintenance business.

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y separately published work icon A Bee in Ben's Bonnet Milsons Point : Random House , 2002 Z974213 2002 single work picture book children's humour Ben lives in a very large house with his very large family. He wants his very large family to celebrate his birthday, so he leaves his room to ask them, one by one. Ben feels that his birthday has been forgotten and that everyone is too busy to give him any attention, until he gets a surprise at the end. This picture book uses popular cliches or expressions to tell its story, so that children are introduced to popular and colloquial sayings.
2003 winner Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards — Best Language Development Book
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