Katrina Germein (born 1974 in South Australia)[1] is an Australian early childhood teacher and author of children's picture books. In 1997 while working in a remote Aboriginal community as a teacher Germein wrote her first two picture books about her experiences.[2] By 2023 Germein had written over 20 picture books with some published internationally.[3][1]

Awards

  • Highly Commended - 2011 Prime Minister's Literary Awards, and shortlisted in the REAL Awards, Koala Awards, Cool Awards & Yabba Awards for My Dad Thinks He's Funny [4]
  • Shortlisted - Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards, 2014 for My Dad Still Thinks He’s Funny [5]
  • Shortlisted - Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards, 2014 for My Mum Says the Strangest Things [5]
  • Shortlisted - Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards, 2016 for Baby Dance [5]
  • Won - Notable 2018 CBCA Book of the Year Award Longlist: Early Childhood for Great Goal! Marvellous Mark! [6]
  • Won - Speech Pathology Book of the Year Award 2019 for Let's Go Strolling by Katrina Germein and Danny Snell [7]
  • Won - SCBWI Crystal Kite Award 2023 and Honour book in CBCA Book of the Year Award: Early Childhood for Bev & Kev[8]

Works

Children's books

  • Big Rain Coming (1999), illustrated by Bronwyn Bancroft
  • Leaving (2000), illustrated by Bronwyn Bancroft
  • Baby Gets Dressed (2009), illustrated by Sascha Hutchinson
  • My Dad Thinks He's Funny (2010), illustrated by Tom Jellett
  • Littledog (2011), illustrated by Tamsin Ainslie
  • Somebody's House (2013), illustrated by Anthea Stead
  • My Mum Says the Strangest Things (2014), illustrated by Tom Jellett
  • My Mum Says the Silliest Things (2015), illustrated by Tom Jellett
  • Thunderstorm Dancing (2015), illustrated by Judy Watson
  • Baby Dance (2016), illustrated by Doris Chang
  • Lullabies for Bedtime (2017), illustrated by Doris Chang
  • Great Goal! Marvellous Mark! (2017), illustrated by Janine Dawson
  • Let's Go Strolling (2018), illustrated by Danny Snell
  • Shoo You Crocodile! (2019), illustrated by Tom Jellett
  • Tell 'Em (2020), written with Rosemary Sullivan and children from Manyallaluk School, illustrated by Karen Briggs
  • Bev & Kev (2022), illustrated by Mandy Foot
  • My Dad Thinks He's a Pirate (2022), illustrated by Tom Jellett
  • Baby Lou (2022), illustrated by Karen Blair
  • One Little Duck (2023), illustrated by Danny Snell

Non-Fiction

  • Wonderful Wasps (2022), illustrated by Suzanne Houghton

References

  1. 1 2 "Katrina Germein". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
  2. ↑ "Twinkl teaching wiki". www.twinkl.com.au. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  3. ↑ "Katrina Germein". SCBWI. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  4. ↑ "Trove". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  5. 1 2 3 "Book of the Year". www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  6. ↑ "CBCA". www.cbca.org.au. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  7. ↑ Mem: 10123584. "Speech Pathology Australia book awards 2019 winners announced | Books+Publishing". Retrieved 2023-06-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ "Crystal Kite award for Katrina Germein and Mandy Foot". SCBWI Australia East Blog. 2023-06-03. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.