Born: Established: 1968 ;
Gender:
Female
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Most Referenced Works
Personal Awards
- 2009 recipient Churchill Fellowship to research the Haemodoraceae plant family of the Americas in order to illustrate a definitive text – Guyana, Brazil, Venezuela, Cuba, UK.
Awards for Works
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Tuart Dwellers
Bentley
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Western Australia. Department of Environment and Conservation
,
2008
Z1573974
2008
single work
picture book
children's
From the break of dawn to nightfall, the tuart is not as it appears. Leaves and bark, trunk and branches - all are places of pretence, traps and trickery. Find out what surprise a "moon crater" might hide and why a bullseye borer drills holes; how a crab spider goes shopping and a jewel beetle becomes a seedpod. (Source: Trove)
- 2009 joint winner The Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature Joint winner with Green Kids: 100 Things You Can Do to Save the Planet
- 2009 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
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