Narelle Oliver
Narelle Oliver (1960 - 2016) was an Australian artist, print maker and award winning children's author-illustrator.
Early life
Narelle Oliver was born on 25 February 1960 and grew up in Toowoomba in south east Queensland.[1]
Career
Oliver majored in design and printmaking while studying for a Bachelor of Education degree.[1] She began her career teaching at the Queensland School for the Deaf.[2]
Oliver's first book, Leaf Tail, was published in 1989.[3]
Works
- Oliver, Narelle (2001), Baby bilby, where do you sleep?, Lothian, ISBN 978-0-7344-0285-1
- Oliver, Narelle (1993), The best beak in Boonaroo Bay, Lothian, ISBN 978-0-85091-671-3
- Oliver, Narelle (2013), Don't let a spoonbill in the kitchen!, Parkside, SA Omnibus Books, ISBN 978-1-86291-960-0
- Oliver, Narelle (2009), Fox and fine feathers, Omnibus Books, ISBN 978-1-86291-806-1[4]
- Oliver, Narelle (1991), High above the sea, Jam Roll Press, ISBN 978-1-875491-04-9
- Oliver, Narelle (2006), Home, Scholastic Australia, ISBN 978-1-86291-668-5
- Oliver, Narelle (1995), The hunt, Lothian Books, ISBN 978-5-86793-139-1
- Oliver, Narelle (1989), Leaf Tail, McCulloch Publishing, ISBN 978-0-949646-97-2
- Oliver, Narelle (1999), Sand swimmers : the secret life of Australia's dead heart, Lothian, ISBN 978-0-85091-768-0
- Oliver, Narelle (2003), The very blue thingamajig, Norwood, S. Aust. An Omnibus Boook from Scholastic Australia, ISBN 978-1-86291-527-5
Honours and awards
- 1996 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award Winner for The Hunt[1]
- 1999 Royal Zoological Society of NSW Whitley Award - Best Book for Older Readers for Sand Swimmers: The Secret Life of Australia's Dead Heart
- 2000 joint winner The Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature — Picture Book for Sand Swimmers: The Secret Life of Australia's Dead Heart[1]
- 2007 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Books for Home[1]
- 2013 Queensland Literary Awards — Children's Book Award for Don't let a spoonbill in the kitchen[1]
Personal life
Narelle lived in Brisbane with her husband Greg and their children Jessie and Liam.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Narelle Oliver". AustLit. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ↑ "Narelle Oliver". Lateral Learning. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ↑ Oliver, Narelle (1989), Leaf Tail, McCulloch Publishing, ISBN 978-0-949646-97-2
- ↑ Hanzl, Anne (2009). "Oliver, Narelle: Fox and fine feathers". Reading Time. 53 (4): 25.
- ↑ "Teachers' Notes "Home"" (PDF). Scholastic. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
External links
- Professional website
- "Vale Narelle Oliver (1960-2016) - Reading Time". Reading Time. Children's Book Council of Australia. 18 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- Instructional video
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