Janeen Brian (born 1948), is a South Australian writer of children's books. A primary school teacher prior to 1990, when she started writing full time, she published her 100th book in September, 2016.
Brian's work for middle school children ''Yong: The Journey of an Unworthy Son'' has been adapted to a stage production by Monkey Baa Theatre Company, with shows in regional Victoria and the Sydney Opera House.
Awards
''Pilawuk-When I Was Young won'' a CBCA Eve Pownall Honour Award 1997.
''Where Does Thursday Go?'' won a CBCA Honour Book 2002: Early Childhood for ages 2-6.
''Hoosh! Camels in Australia'' shortlisted in the CBCA Eve Pownall Award 2006.
''Look, Baby!'' won the 2021
Speech Pathology Australia
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History of the association
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Book of the Year for Birth to three years.
Works
Children's books
* ''Pilawuk-When I Was Young'' (1996) Era Publications
* Where Does Thursday Go? (2001) Scholastic Australia
* ''Hoosh! Camels in Australia'' (2006) ABC Books
* ''Oddball'' (2008) Walker Books
* ''That Boy, Jack'' (2013) Walker Books Australia
* '' I'm A Dirty Dinosaur'' (2013)
Penguin Books
Penguin Books is a British publishing, publishing house. It was co-founded in 1935 by Allen Lane with his brothers Richard and John, as a line of the publishers The Bodley Head, only becoming a separate company the following year.I’m A Hungry Dinosaur
''I'm a Hungry Dinosaur'' is a 2015 children's picture book written by Janeen Brian and illustrated by Ann James. It is about a small dinosaur that makes a mess baking and eating a cake.
Publication history
*2015, Australia, Penguin Books
*2016 ...