Mark Jackson Mark Jackson i(A70578 works by)
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Mark Jackson is an illustrator based in Melbourne. He has worked with authors such as Sue Whiting, Chris Cheng, Edell Wignall and Megan McKinlay, and co-illustrated books with his wife, Heather Potter, - among then books written by John Marsden, Anna Fienberg and Scott Hatcher. Jackson and Potter's art work has been featured in several exhibitions.

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon The Anzac Billy Newtown : Black Dog Books , 2019 15425027 2019 single work picture book children's

'During World War I, Australian and New Zealand soldiers on the front were sent Christmas care packages in a tin billy. The Anzac Billy is the heartwarming story of a little boy packing a billy with all his father’s favourite things – added to by mum and grandma – even though he realises there is no way that the billy can actually go to a particular soldier.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2021 longlisted Book Links Award for Historical Fiction
y separately published work icon Waves : For Those Who Come Across the Sea Newtown : Walker Books Australia , 2018 14045297 2018 single work picture book non-fiction children's

'Every journey is perilous, every situation heartbreaking. Every refugee is a person forced by famine or war or fear to leave their home, their families, their friends and all they know. Children have travelled on the waves of migration to the shores of Australia for tens of thousands of years. 

'This book tells some of their stories.Waves is a narrative non-fiction book about the waves of migration to the shores of Australia.' (Publication summary)

2019 highly commended Educational Publishing Awards Australia Primary Educational Picture or Chapter Book
2019 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Eight to 10 Years
2019 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
2019 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Eve Pownall Award
y separately published work icon The Snow Wombat Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2016 9610549 2016 single work picture book children's

'An adventurous young wombat finds his way around a winter landscape before snuggling back into his own cosy burrow.

'Snow on the stockman's hut

'Snow on the crows

'Snow on the woollybutt

'Snow on my NOSE!

'It's a big journey through the snow for a little wombat, meeting animals, birds and people along the way...but there's no place like home!

'A heartwarming story set in the Australian High Country.' (Publication summary)

2017 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards Book of the Year: Early Childhood
2017 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Early Childhood
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