Katrina Germein (born 1974 in South Australia) 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. By 2023 Germein had written over 20 picture books with some published internationally.

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'' * Shortlisted - Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards, 2014 for ''My Dad Still Thinks He’s Funny'' * Shortlisted - Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards, 2014 for ''My Mum Says the Strangest Things'' * Shortlisted - Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards, 2016 for ''Baby Dance'' * Won - Notable 2018 CBCA Book of the Year Award Longlist: Early Childhood for ''Great Goal! Marvellous Mark!'' * Won - Speech Pathology Book of the Year Award 2019 for ''Let's Go Strolling'' by Katrina Germein and Danny Snell * Won - SCBWI Crystal Kite Award 2023 and Honour book in CBCA Book of the Year Award: Early Childhood for ''Bev & Kev''

Works

Children's books * ''Big Rain Coming'' (1999), illustrated by

Bronwyn Bancroft Bronwyn Bancroft (born 1958) is an Aboriginal Australian artist, and among the first Australian fashion designers invited to show her work in Paris. Born in Tenterfield, New South Wales, and trained in Canberra and Sydney, Bancroft worked as a ...

*''Leaving'' (2000), illustrated by

*''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

External links

Official website

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