Prue Mason Prue Mason i(A84145 works by) (a.k.a. Prudence Mason)
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Mason's maternal grandfather was Errol Knox, Managing Editor of the Argus in Melbourne. Her aunt also was a journalist and her mother is Pam O'Connor, a historian and writer.

Mason travelled around Australia and overseas to gain experience. She learnt to cook while working with shearers in the Outback; learnt to fly while ferrying aircraft across Canada and back with her husband and taught English as a second language to Arab girls in Dubai.

While living in Dubai Mason started working for a children's magazine and assisted an old Iranian woman to write her autobiography. In March 2001 she left Dubai and came to live in Rowan House, Mt. Mellum in Queensland, where she runs a writers' retreat and guesthouse.

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y separately published work icon Amazing Australians in Their Flying Machines Newtown : Walker Books Australia , 2017 11102194 2017 single work picture book information book children's

'Author and licensed pilot Prue Mason shares how a handful of early aviators helped Australia reach beyond its borders to lands far away.

'Imagine what it was like to travel to far-off places before there were aeroplanes. For early 20th-century Australians, it could take days, weeks, or months just to get where they were going. Amazing Australians and Their Flying Machines tells the stories of ten brave Australians, including the youngest licensed woman pilot Nancy Bird, who took to the skies and changed the face of aviation forever.

'Entertaining and informational text, alongside archival photography and humorous illustrations from Tom Jellett, make this a perfect read for young readers interested in aviation and Australian history.

'Co-authors Prue and Kerry Mason are both licensed pilots. Together they restore classic airplanes and take the skies as often as they can.

Great for classroom use with its "Did You Know" sidebars and friendly informational text, but it's also fun and entertaining, making this a great option for the trades.' (Publication summary)

2018 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
2018 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Eva Pownall Award for Information Books
2017 shortlisted Educational Publishing Awards Australia Primary Educational Picture or Chapter Book
y separately published work icon Zafir Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2015 8342445 2015 single work children's fiction children's

'Zafir has a comfortable life in Homs, Syria, until his father, a doctor, is arrested for helping a protester who was campaigning for revolution. While his mother heads to Damascus to try to find out where his father is being held, Zafir stays with his grandmother - until her house is bombed. With his father in prison, his mother absent, his grandmother ill and not a friend left in the city, Zafir must stay with his Uncle Ghazi. But that too becomes dangerous as the city becomes more and more besieged. Will Zafir survive long enough to be reunited with his parents?' (Publication summary)

2016 shortlisted REAL Awards Fiction for Years 7-9
y separately published work icon Birdie in the Sky Camberwell : Penguin Books , 2011 Z1807148 2011 single work children's fiction children's humour 'When Birdie makes a terrible mistake, her father heads out of the family home to live by himself on a remote airfield. In an attempt to patch things up, Birdie goes out there to visit him -- but only succeeds in making matters worse. Now she is trying to fly him to safety, but he's unconscious and can't help her..' (Publisher's blurb)
2012 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Younger Readers
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