Jackie French

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Jackie French was born on November 29, 1953 in Sydney, Australia. She overcame dyslexia to write over 140 books for both children and adults. Her children's books include Diary of a Wombat, Christmas Wombat, Flood, and Fire. A Waltz for Matilda, published in 2016, won the Kids Reading Oz Choice näytä lisää (KROC) Award for fiction for years 7-9. She has also written 6 gardening books. She has received numerous awards including the 2000 CBCA Book of the Year for Younger Readers and the UK Wow! Award for Hitler's Daughter, an Aurealis Award for Cafe on Callisto, and ACT Book of the Year for In the Blood. She was chosen to be the Australian National Children's Laureate for 2014-2015 and was named the 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. She also won a 2015 Excellence Award and the Redmond Barry Award, which honors contributions to the library and information sector. In 2016, she and illustrator Peter Bray won the ACT Writing and Publishing Award in the children's book category for their book, Horace the Baker's Horse and she was given the Pixie O'Harris Award for service to Australian children's books given by the Australian Book Industry Awards. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän

Sisältää nimet: Jackie French, Jacqueline French

Sisältää myös: French (1)

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Fair Dinkum Histories

Wacky Families

Outlands trilogy

Children of the Valley

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Diary of a Wombat (2002) 1,348 kappaletta

Hitler's Daughter (1999) 597 kappaletta

Diary of a Baby Wombat (2009) 318 kappaletta

Pete the Sheep (2004) 212 kappaletta

Josephine Wants to Dance (2006) 190 kappaletta

Christmas Wombat (2011) 178 kappaletta

A Rose for the Anzac Boys (2008) 156 kappaletta

Too Many Pears! (1600) 145 kappaletta

A Waltz for Matilda (2010) 113 kappaletta

Backyard Self-Sufficiency (1992) 111 kappaletta

Tom Appleby Convict Boy (2004) 111 kappaletta

Pharaoh: The Boy Who Conquered the Nile (2007) 110 kappaletta

Flood (2011) 110 kappaletta

Pennies For Hitler (2012) 104 kappaletta

Wombat Goes to School (2013) 85 kappaletta

Nanberry: Black Brother White (2011) 79 kappaletta

Somewhere Around the Corner (1994) 78 kappaletta

They Came on Viking Ships (2005) 74 kappaletta

Fire (2014) 70 kappaletta

Walking the Boundaries (1993) 66 kappaletta

The girl from Snowy River (2012) 63 kappaletta

Grim Crims & Convicts (2005) 62 kappaletta

Jackie French's Chook Book (1993) 62 kappaletta

How to Scratch a Wombat: Where to Find It . . . What to Feed It . . . Why It Sleeps All Day (2009) 59 kappaletta

Macbeth and Son (2006) 58 kappaletta

The Night They Stormed Eureka (2009) 55 kappaletta

The goat who sailed the world (2006) 54 kappaletta

Daughter of the Regiment (1998) 54 kappaletta

The donkey who carried the wounded (2009) 53 kappaletta

The Book of Unicorns (1997) 50 kappaletta

Rover (2007) 50 kappaletta

The road to Gundagai (2013) 50 kappaletta

The tomorrow book (2010) 50 kappaletta

Fair Dinkum Histories #1: Shipwreck Sailors and 60,000 Years (2006) 49 kappaletta

Jackie French's Guide to Companion Planting in Australia and New Zealand (1991) 49 kappaletta

Miss Lily's Lovely Ladies (2017) 49 kappaletta

A Day to Remember (2012) 47 kappaletta

Emily and the Big Bad Bunyip (2008) 47 kappaletta

The wilderness garden : beyond organic gardening (1992) 45 kappaletta

The Shaggy Gully Times (2007) 44 kappaletta

Queen Victoria's Underpants (2010) 43 kappaletta

Soldier on the Hill (1998) 41 kappaletta

To love a sunburnt country (2014) 40 kappaletta

Refuge (2013) 39 kappaletta

Fair Dinkum Histories #5: A Nation of Swaggies & Diggers (2008) 39 kappaletta

The Secret World of Wombats (2005) 39 kappaletta

Ride the Wild Wind: The Golden Pony and Other Stories (2002) 37 kappaletta

Fair Dinkum Histories #4: Gold, Graves and Glory (2007) 35 kappaletta

Fair Dinkum Histories #3: Rotters and Squatters (2007) 34 kappaletta

Slave Girl (1600) 34 kappaletta

In the Blood (2001) 32 kappaletta

The best of Jackie French : a practical guide to everything from aphids to zucchini chocolate cake (2000) 32 kappaletta

I am Juliet (2014) 32 kappaletta

Bears Don't Bounce: A Flip-The-Flap Book of Wild Animals (2003) 32 kappaletta

Oracle (2010) 32 kappaletta

The camel who crossed Australia (2008) 32 kappaletta

Fair Dinkum Histories #6: Weevils, War & Wallabies (2009) 31 kappaletta

Rain stones (1991) 31 kappaletta

Soil Food: 1372 Ways to Add Fertility to Your Soil (1995) 30 kappaletta

The White Ship (2002) 29 kappaletta

The hairy-nosed wombats find a new home (2014) 29 kappaletta

Missing You, Love Sara (2000) 29 kappaletta

My Mom The Pirate (2003) 28 kappaletta

The Ghost by the Billabong (2015) 28 kappaletta

Dancing with Ben Hall (1997) 27 kappaletta

The Fire Wombat (2020) 27 kappaletta

The Lily and the Rose (2018) 27 kappaletta

Fair Dinkum Histories: #7 Rocking Rollin Hair and Hippies (2010) 27 kappaletta

The Angel of Waterloo (2020) 27 kappaletta

Organic control of common weeds (1989) 26 kappaletta

A Phaery Named Phredde: And Other Stories to Eat with a Banana (1998) 26 kappaletta

Stories to Eat with a Watermelon (1999) 26 kappaletta

Birrung the Secret Friend (2015) 25 kappaletta

Goodbye, Mr Hitler (2017) 25 kappaletta

My Dad the Dragon (Funny Families) (2004) 25 kappaletta

Booms, busts and bushfires : 1973- (2011) 25 kappaletta

If blood should stain the wattle (2016) 24 kappaletta

Book of Mint (1993) 24 kappaletta

Tajore Arkle (1999) 23 kappaletta

Blood Moon (2002) 23 kappaletta

Grandma Wombat (2016) 23 kappaletta

Hairy Charlie and the Frog (1993) 23 kappaletta

Book of Lavender (1993) 22 kappaletta

Wombat Wins (2015) 22 kappaletta

Valley of Gold (2003) 22 kappaletta

Facing the Flame (2017) 22 kappaletta

Book of Thyme (1993) 22 kappaletta

Dark Wind Blowing (2001) 21 kappaletta

The beach they called Gallipoli (2014) 21 kappaletta

A Story to Eat with a Mandarin: Phredde and the Temple of Gloom (2001) 21 kappaletta

The horse who bit a bushranger (2010) 21 kappaletta

To the Moon and Back (2004) 20 kappaletta

Let the Land Speak: A history of Australia - how the land created our nation (2013) 20 kappaletta

Pigs Don't Fly, a Flip-the-Flap Book of Farm Animals (2003) 20 kappaletta

War for Gentlemen (2003) 19 kappaletta

New plants from old : simple, natural, no-cost plant propagation (1991) 19 kappaletta

The Dog Who Loved a Queen (2007) 19 kappaletta

Beyond the boundaries (1996) 19 kappaletta

Yates guide to edible gardening (1993) 18 kappaletta

Summerland (1996) 18 kappaletta

Cyclone (2016) 18 kappaletta

How to Guzzle Your Garden (1999) 18 kappaletta

Good dog Hank (2014) 18 kappaletta

How the Finnegans Saved the Ship (2001) 18 kappaletta

There's an echidna at the bottom of my garden (1998) 17 kappaletta

Flesh and Blood (2004) 17 kappaletta

Lady Dance (2000) 17 kappaletta

Clancy of the Overflow (The Matilda Saga, #9) (2019) 17 kappaletta

My Dog the Dinosaur (Funny Families) (2003) 17 kappaletta

Just a Girl (2018) 17 kappaletta

Becoming Mrs Mulberry (2023) 16 kappaletta

Household Self-sufficiency (1994) 16 kappaletta

Year in the Valley: Seasons of Content (2010) 16 kappaletta

Koala Bare (2017) 16 kappaletta

The Lily in the Snow (2019) 16 kappaletta

The Earth Gardener's Companion (2009) 16 kappaletta

The Little Book of Big Questions (1998) 16 kappaletta

The diary of William Shakespeare, gentleman (2016) 15 kappaletta

No Hearts of Gold (2021) 15 kappaletta

Queen Victoria's Christmas (2013) 15 kappaletta

Natural Control of Garden Pests (1990) 15 kappaletta

The last dingo summer (2018) 15 kappaletta

Third Witch (2017) 15 kappaletta

Seasons of content (1998) 15 kappaletta

Rocket your child into reading (2004) 15 kappaletta

Lessons for a Werewolf Warrior (School for Heroes) (2009) 14 kappaletta

Fascinating History of Your Lunch (2001) 14 kappaletta

How High Can a Kangaroo Hop (2008) 14 kappaletta

Ophelia, Queen of Denmark (2015) 14 kappaletta

Lilies, Lies and Love (2020) 14 kappaletta

Pandemic (2020) 14 kappaletta

Dingo: The Dog Who Conquered a Continent (2012) 14 kappaletta

My Name is Not Peaseblossom (2019) 14 kappaletta

How the Aliens from Alpha Centauri Invaded My Maths Class and Turned Me Into a Writer (1998) 13 kappaletta

The Boy Who Had Wings (1993) 13 kappaletta

Dinosaurs Love Cheese (2013) 13 kappaletta

Organic Control of Household Pests (1988) 12 kappaletta

Jackie French's natural solutions : recipes for health, beauty, home and garden (2000) 12 kappaletta

Millie Loves Ants (2017) 12 kappaletta

Phredde & The Leopard Skin Librarian (Phaery Named Phredde) (1600) 12 kappaletta

Stories to Eat with a Blood Plum (2000) 12 kappaletta

The Secret Beach (1995) 11 kappaletta

Tiger tangle (2012) 11 kappaletta

Pirate Boy of Sydney Town (2019) 11 kappaletta

Shark attack (2012) 11 kappaletta

The Schoolmaster's Daughter (2020) 11 kappaletta

Barney and the Secret of the Whales (2016) 11 kappaletta

Wonderfully Wacky Families (2009) 10 kappaletta

Happy Birthday Wombat (2019) 10 kappaletta

Phredde and the Purple Pyramid (2003) 10 kappaletta

The Book of Horses and Unicorns (2014) 10 kappaletta

Book of Chilli (Herb Book) (1994) 10 kappaletta

Elephant alert (2012) 10 kappaletta

My Uncle Gus the Garden Gnome (2010) — Tekijä — 10 kappaletta

Dippy's big day out (2018) 9 kappaletta

My Uncle the Werewolf (Funny Families) (2005) 9 kappaletta

Book of Rosemary (1993) 9 kappaletta

I Spy a Great Reader: How to Unlock the Literacy Secret and Get Your Child Hooked on Books (2014) 9 kappaletta

My Auntie Chook the Vampire Chicken (2010) — Tekijä — 9 kappaletta

Gorilla grab (2012) 8 kappaletta

Secret Sparrow (2023) 8 kappaletta

Phredde and the Vampire Footy Team (2004) 8 kappaletta

Making money from your garden (1998) 8 kappaletta

Jackie French's Top 10 Vegetables (1995) 8 kappaletta

The music from the sea (1993) 8 kappaletta

The organic garden doctor (1988) 8 kappaletta

Phredde And The Ghostly Underpants: A Story To Eat With A Mango (Phaery Named Phredde) (2005) 8 kappaletta

A-Z of Useful Plants (1990) 8 kappaletta

Book of Garlic (1994) 8 kappaletta

There's a Wallaby at the bottom of my garden (1998) 8 kappaletta

Phredde and the Zombie Librarian and Other Stories to Eat with a Blood Plum (Phaery Named Phredde) (2004) 8 kappaletta

My Gran the Gorilla (2006) 7 kappaletta

Growing Flowers Naturally (1997) 7 kappaletta

When the war is over (2019) 7 kappaletta

Drought (2022) 7 kappaletta

With Love from Miss Lily (2017) 7 kappaletta

Organic Garden Problem Solver (1994) 7 kappaletta

Yates Guide to Herbs (1994) 7 kappaletta

Jackie French's household herb book (1998) 7 kappaletta

Legends of the Lost Lilies (2021) 7 kappaletta

The Tribe That Sang To Trees (1996) 7 kappaletta

Mind's Eye (1996) 6 kappaletta

Horace the baker's horse (2015) 6 kappaletta

The City in the Sand, Children of the Valley 2 (1992) 6 kappaletta

The Secret of the Youngest Rebel (The Secret Histories, Book 5) (The Secret History Series) (2019) 6 kappaletta

Pumpkin Book (1996) 6 kappaletta

My Pa the Polar Bear (2010) 6 kappaletta

The Sea Captain's Wife (2024) 6 kappaletta

The Ghost of Howlers Beach (The Butter O'Bryan Mysteries, #1) (2020) 5 kappaletta

The secret of the black bushranger (2017) 5 kappaletta

Annie's Pouch (Young Bluegum) (1995) 5 kappaletta

Mermaids (1995) 5 kappaletta

Dance of the Deadly Dinosaurs (School for Heroes) (2010) 5 kappaletta

The Warrior The Story of a Wombat (Young Bluegum) (1996) 5 kappaletta

Alien Games (1995) 5 kappaletta

Big Burps, Bare Bums and Other Bad-Mannered Blunders (2003) 5 kappaletta

Organic gardening in Australia (1986) 5 kappaletta

Yates Mini Guide: Herbs for the Home Garden (2001) 5 kappaletta

The Silver Eyes (After Dark 24) (1997) 5 kappaletta

One Big Wacky Family: 4 Books in One Volume! (Wacky Families) (2008) 5 kappaletta

One Perfect Day (Making Tracks) (2006) 5 kappaletta

The Black House (2003) 5 kappaletta

Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (the Girls Who Changed the World, #2 (2022) 5 kappaletta

The house that Jackie built : a simple guide to building in stone with formwork (2001) 5 kappaletta

The Roo That Won the Melbourne Cup (Bluegum) (1991) 4 kappaletta

Barney and the Secret of the French Spies (The Secret History Series) (2018) 4 kappaletta

A Wombat Named Bosco (Young Bluegum) (1996) 4 kappaletta

The wombat and the Grand Poohjam (2009) 4 kappaletta

Switch!: Home-Based Power, Water and Sewerage Systems (1994) 4 kappaletta

Vorsicht Fettnapf!. 180 Benimm-Pannen und wie man sie vermeidet (2004) 4 kappaletta

Earthly Delights (2001) 4 kappaletta

Ming and Flo Fight for the Future (The Girls Who Changed the World, (2022) 3 kappaletta

Je joue, je saute, je creuse, je suis un bébé Wombat (2010) 3 kappaletta

Stamp, stomp, whomp and other interesting ways to get rid of pests (2000) 3 kappaletta

Hairy Charlie and the Pumpkin (1994) 3 kappaletta

Dippy and the Dinosaurs (Dippy the Diprotodon, #2) (2020) 3 kappaletta

Phredde and a Frog Named Bruce and Other Stories to Eat with a Watermelon (2010) 3 kappaletta

The House Of A Hundred Animals: Book 3 of The Children Of The Valley Series (1993) 3 kappaletta

The Turtle and the Flood (2023) 3 kappaletta

The Metal Men (1994) 3 kappaletta

Charlie's Gold (1999) 3 kappaletta

Plants that never say die (1995) 3 kappaletta

Natural Rose Growing (1988) 3 kappaletta

Phredde & The Temple Of Gloom (Phaery Named Phredde) (2010) 3 kappaletta

The cafe on Callisto (2001) 3 kappaletta

A box full of phaeries, phreddes and fruit (2003) 3 kappaletta

Space pirates on Callisto (2002) 3 kappaletta

Salad gardening (1992) 2 kappaletta

The Great Gallipoli Escape (2023) 2 kappaletta

Night ride into danger (2021) 2 kappaletta

Captain purrfect (2002) 2 kappaletta

The Day I Was History (Making Tracks) (2007) 2 kappaletta

Vampire Slugs on Callisto (2006) 2 kappaletta

All of Us (2019) 2 kappaletta

Oráculo. Livro 1 (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2015) 2 kappaletta

Narmer, Eroberer des Nils 2 kappaletta

Crystals For Beginners: The Essential Guide To The Power Of Crystals For Happiness, Love And Wellbeing 1 kappale

Household Herb Book 1 kappale

Plague 1 kappale

Tornado 1 kappale

The Secret Life of Santa Claus (2001) 1 kappale

The Wonderful World of Wombats (2022) 1 kappale

Dairy of a wombat 1 kappale

The vanishing at the very small castle (2021) 1 kappale

French/Whatley Board Book Set (2011) 1 kappale

Christmas in Paris (2019) 1 kappale

Top koala (2019) 1 kappale

Oráculo - Livro 2 (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2015) 1 kappale

Oráculo - Livro 3 (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2015) 1 kappale

Burt and the band (2000) 1 kappale

The tinytoreum (2010) 1 kappale

My favourite Aussie animal stories (2014) 1 kappale

The Phredde Collection (2011) 1 kappale

Twelve bottles popping : home-made presents to flip your lid (1994) 1 kappale

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Syntymäaika: 1953-11-29
Sukupuoli: female
Kansalaisuus: Australia
Syntymäpaikka: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Asuinpaikat: Araluen, New South Wales, Australia
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Ammatit: children's book author
Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset: CBCA Book of the Year (Younger Readers ∙ 2000)
Senior Australian of the Year (2015)
Lyhyt elämäkerta: Jackie French is a prolific author who writes gardening books, historical works (fiction and non-fiction), and various other works for children including books on wombats and fairies.

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Secret sparrow Tekijä: Jackie French

In 1917 sixteen-year-old Jean McLain is working as a Post Office assistant in England. But when she wins a national Morse code competition, the British army makes a request Jean cannot refuse – to take a secret position as a signaller in France.

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