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COOL Award
The COOL Awards is an annual children's choice award voted on by students in Canberra, the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Children are encouraged to read and vote for their favourite books. The votes are tallied and the awards made. The COOL Award name is an acronym, standing for Canberra’s Own Outstanding List. The ACT Public Library currently convenes the awards and they are administered by a committee representing ACT Government, Catholic and Independent Schools, the ACT Public Library and the Children's Book Council of Australia, ACT Branch. The award was first made in 1991. Award categories and descriptions There are four categories of the COOL awards: * for most popular Picture Book * for most popular Fiction for Younger Readers * for most popular Fiction for Older Readers * for most popular Fiction for Years 7-9 (commenced in 2007) List of COOL Award winners Picture Book Award Fiction for Younger Readers Award Fiction for Older Readers Award Fict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canberra
Canberra ( ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory at the northern tip of the Australian Alps, the country's highest mountain range. As of June 2021, Canberra's estimated population was 453,558. The area chosen for the capital had been inhabited by Indigenous Australians for up to 21,000 years, with the principal group being the Ngunnawal people. European settlement commenced in the first half of the 19th century, as evidenced by surviving landmarks such as St John's Anglican Church and Blundells Cottage. On 1 January 1901, federation of the colonies of Australia was achieved. Following a long dispute over whether Sydney or Melbourne should be the national capital, a compromise was reached: the new capital would be buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leigh Hobbs
Leigh Hobbs (born 18 April 1953) is an Australian artist and author. He is best known in Australia and the United Kingdom for the humorous children's books which he has written and illustrated, although he has produced works across a wide range of mediums. His books principally feature the characters ''Old Tom'', ''Horrible Harriet'', ''Fiona the Pig'', ''Mr Badger'' and ''Mr Chicken'', and characters from the ''4F for FREAKS'' books. He was the Australian Children's Laureate for 2016–17. Life and career Leigh Hobbs was born in Williamstown in Victoria, Australia and grew up in the town of Bairnsdale. After graduating from Caulfield Institute of Technology art school (now Monash University) in 1973, he was employed as an artist at Sydney's Luna Park, an amusement park located adjacent to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. While there he designed the colour scheme for the antique carousel, and created two large three-dimensional characters called ''Larry'' and ''Lizzy Luna'', whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Fienberg
Anna Fienberg is an Australian writer of young adult fiction and children's literature. Biography Fienberg was born in 1956 in England before moving to Australia at the age of three. She has worked as an editor for School Magazine. In 1988 her first work was published, entitled ''Billy Bear and the Wild Winter''. In 1989 Fienberg released her first novel, ''The Nine Lives of Balthazar''. She has won the Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers in 1992 for ''The Magnificent Nose and Other Marvels'' and has been a short-list nominee on four other occasions. Fienberg has also won the Alan Marshall Award for Children's Literature in 1993 for ''Ariel, Zed & the Secret of Life'' and the 2003 Aurealis Award for best children's short fiction for ''Tashi and the Haunted House''. She has also been an Aurealis Award finalist on four other occasions. Fienberg was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours in recognition of her "signifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deltora Quest 3
''Deltora Quest 3'' (known in North America as ''Dragons of Deltora'') is a series of children's fantasy books, written by Australian author Emily Rodda. It follows the adventures of three companions, Lief, Barda, and Jasmine, as they journey across the magical land of Deltora to awaken the last seven dragons and destroy the Four Sisters (creations of the evil Shadow Lord, which have been poisoning Deltora's crops causing the people and creatures of the land to starve). It comprises four books which were first published in Australia in 2004 and 2005 in the United States by Scholastic. The ''Dragons of Deltora'' series is preceded by two other series that take place in the same fictional world and feature the same characters and continues the story. These series are '' Deltora Quest'' and ''Deltora Quest 2'' (also known as ''Deltora Shadowlands''). Collectively, these three series are known as the ''Deltora Quest'' series or the ''Deltora'' series. The novels in this series are ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deltora Quest 2
''Deltora Quest 2'' (known in North America as ''Deltora Shadowlands'') is a series of children’s fantasy books, written by Australian author Emily Rodda. It follows the adventures of three companions as they journey outside the magical land of Deltora to rescue the many prisoners held captive by the evil Shadow Lord. It comprises three books: '' Cavern of the Fear'', ''The Isle of Illusion'', and ''The Shadowlands''. They were first published in Australia in 2002 by Scholastic. The ''Deltora Shadowlands'' series is associated with two other series that take place in the same fictional world and feature the same characters. These series are '' Deltora Quest'', which precedes ''Deltora Quest 2'', and ''Deltora Quest 3 ''Deltora Quest 3'' (known in North America as ''Dragons of Deltora'') is a series of children's fantasy books, written by Australian author Emily Rodda. It follows the adventures of three companions, Lief, Barda, and Jasmine, as they journey acr ...'' (also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Rowe
Jennifer June Rowe, (born 4 April 1948), is an Australian author. Her crime fiction for adults is published under her own name, while her children's fiction is published under the pseudonyms Emily Rodda and Mary-Anne Dickinson. She is well known for the children's fantasy series '' Deltora Quest'', '' Rowan of Rin'', '' Fairy Realm'', ''Teen Power Inc.'', the ''Rondo'' trilogy and '' The Three Doors'' trilogy, and her latest ''His Name Was Walter''. Biography Jennifer Rowe was born in Sydney, New South Wales, on 2 April 1948, and raised with two younger brothers in Sydney's North Shore. Her father was Jim Oswin, the founding general manager of ATN7 in Sydney, and was responsible for classic 1960s TV shows such as ''My Name's McGooley, What's Yours?'' and ''The Mavis Bramston Show''. She attended the Abbotsleigh School for Girls on the Upper North Shore of Sydney. She attained her Masters of Arts in English Literature at the University of Sydney in 1973. Her first job was as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bumface
''Bumface'' () is a children's novel written by Australian author Morris Gleitzman for readers age 10-12. First published in 1998 it has won several awards and is regularly named in polls as a favourite children's book in Australia. Plot summary Angus Solomon is an eleven-year-old boy and the son a popular soap opera television actor. He barely balances his school life with single-handedly looking after his actor mother's two other children to different fathers. Every night he tells stories to his siblings about the character of "Bumface", a swashbuckling pirate character he created, and a character in his school's play. Angus dreams of living the brave, free life of his character but he feels alone in the life he cannot escape from. Angus is tired of having to constantly take on the parental responsibilities of his mother, father and step-parents as they go about their carefree lives. Angus is soon fired from the school play for missing rehearsals due to his surrogate parenting duti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morris Gleitzman
Morris Gleitzman (born 9 January 1953) is an English-born Australian author of children's and young adult fiction.Morris Gleitzman AustLit He has gained recognition for sparking an interest in AIDS in his controversial novel '' Two Weeks with the Queen'' (1990). Gleitzman has co-written many children's series with another Australian children's author, Paul Jennings. One of Gleitzman and Jennings' collaborations, the ''Wicked!'' book series, was ada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eleventh Hour (children's Book)
''The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery'' is an illustrated children's book by Graeme Base. In it, Horace the Elephant holds a party for his eleventh birthday, to which he invites his ten best friends (various animals) to play eleven games and share in a feast that he has prepared. However, at the time they are to eat—11:00—they are startled to find that someone has already eaten all the food. They accuse each other until, finally, they're left puzzled as to who could have eaten it all. It is left up to the reader to solve the mystery, through careful analysis of the pictures on each page and the words in the story. The book was a joint-winner of the "Picture Book of the Year" award from The Children's Book Council of Australia. History Base was inspired to write the book by reading Agatha Christie novels. He travelled to Kenya and Tanzania in 1987 observing animals in game parks and collecting ideas for the book. Style Written in rhyme, the book includes large and lavish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unreal (book)
''Unreal'' is the first in a series of collections of short stories by Australian author Paul Jennings. It was first released on June 6, 1985. The stories Without a Shirt A boy called Brian has a speech impediment that forces him to say "Without a shirt" each time he finishes a sentence. When he is forced to move to a new house in the center of a cemetery because his dog is repeatedly digging, he eventually finds some bones that may be linked to his speech impediment. After fulfilling the task involving the bones and a shirt, he loses the speech impediment. Was later adapted as an episode of ''Round The Twist,'' although "without a shirt" was changed to "without my pants". The Strap-Box Flyer A conniving salesman named Giffen sells a glue that will stick to anything, but stops working after four hours. After getting many innocent townspeople to buy it, he leaves town in his truck before they can track him down for cheating them, then meets a man who has invented a box that can m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Round The Twist
''Round the Twist'' is an Australian children's comedy television series based on stories by author Paul Jennings that follows the supernatural adventures of the Twist family. The series was created and produced by Patricia Edgar, and developed by the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF). It was created with the intention of producing a show that both children and parents could watch. History Patricia Edgar agreed to have Paul Jennings write the series on the condition he would be mentored by and collaborate with the director, actor, and writer Esben Storm. Edgar previously worked with Storm on ''Winners'' and ''Touch the Sun''. The partnership between Edgar, Storm and Jennings was an efficient team for the development of the first series, whose characters and community were set around a lighthouse on a coastline. Storm and Jennings drew from the plots in the latter's existing short stories and created new ideas, sometimes using two stories in an episode to fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
