Kate and Jol Temple explained

Kate and Jol Temple
Nationality:	Australian
Genre:	Humour
Occupation:	Children's Authors
Awards:	Charlotte Huck Award (2020)
Notable Works:	Parrot Carrot (2012) I Got This Hat (2014)

Kate and Jol Temple are Australian children's authors.^[1] They are the 2020 winners of the Charlotte Huck Award for book Room on Our Rock.^[2] They are also widely known for their 2017 Children's Book Council of Australia Honour Book Captain Jimmy Cook Discovers Third Grade, published by Allen and Unwin. The book was praised for its use of humour and history.^[3]

Their picture book, I Got This Hat, was the 2016 National Simultaneous Storytime book and read by more than half a million children on the same day at the same time.^[4] The book is published by HarperCollins.^[5] The book has also been produced as an app with funding from the Australia Council for the Arts.

Awards and honors

Awards for the Temple's books!Year!Title!Award!Result!Ref.

2017	Captain Jimmy Cook Discovers Third Grade	CBCA Book of the Year: Younger Readers	Honour	^[6]
2018	Captain Jimmy Cook Discovers X Marks the Spot	CBCA Book of the Year: Younger Readers	Notable
2019	Room on Our Rock	CBCA Book of the Year: Picture Book	Notable	^[7]
2020	Room On Our Rock	Charlotte Huck Award	Winner	^[8] ^[9] ^[10]
2021	Bin Chicken	CBCA Book of the Year: Early Childhood	Notable	^[11]
2024	That Bird Has Arms	CBCA Book of the Year: Picture Book	Notable	^[12]

Publications

Picture books

Bin Chicken books

The Bin Chicken books are illustrated by Ronojoy Ghosh and published by Scholastic Australia.

• Bin Chicken (Scholastic, 2020)
• Bin Chicken Flies Again (2022)
• Bin Chicken and the Christmas Turkey (2022)

Standalone books

• Parrot Carrot, illustrated by Jon Foye (Allen & Unwin, 2011)
• I Got This Hat, illustrated by Jon Foye (HarperCollins, 2013)
• Mike I Don't Like, illustrated by Jon Foye (ABC Books, 2014)
• Room On Our Rock, illustrated by Terri Rose Baynton (Scholastic, 2018)
• Are You My Bottom, illustrated by Ronojoy Ghosh (Allen & Unwin, 2018)
• Move That Mountain, illustrated by Terri Rose Baynton (Scholastic, 2020)
• Winner Winner Bin Chicken Dinner, illustrated by Ronojoy Ghosh (Scholastic, 2021)
• That Bird Has Arms!, illustrated by Niharika Hukku and Rono Joy Ghosh (exp. 2023)

Children's novels

Alice Toolie book

The Alice Toolie books are illustrated by Grace West and published by Allen & Unwin.

1. Yours Troolie, Alice Toolie (2018)
2. The Birthday Wars: Yours Troolie (2019)
3. The Battle of Book Week: Yours Troolie (2020)

Captain Jimmy Cook series

1. Captain Jimmy Cook Discovers Third Grade (2016)
2. Captain Jimmy Cook Discovers X Marks The Spot (2017)

Trilby Moffat series

1. The Dangerous Business of Being Trilby Moffat (Hachette Australia, 2022)
2. The Perilous Promotion of Trilby Moffat (Lothian Children's Books, exp. 2023)

The Underdogs series

The Underdog books are illustrated by Shiloh Gordon and published by Hardie Grant Children's Publishing.

1. The Underdogs Catch a Cat Burglar (2021)
2. The Underdogs Fake it Til They Make It (2021)
3. The Underdogs Hit a Grand Slam (2022)
4. The Underdogs Rock 'n' Roll Over (2022)
5. The Underdogs Fish for Trouble

External links

• • National Library of Australia record
• I Got This Hat at Austlit (subscription required)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Award Winners CBCA. www.nsw.cbca.org.au/. 2018-04-23.
2. Web site: Charlotte Huck Award Winners.
3. Web site: Captain Jimmy Cook Discovers Third Grade Lamont Books. www.lamontbooks.com.au/. 2018-04-23.
4. Web site: National Simultaneous Storytime 2016 . www.alia.org.au. 2018-04-23.
5. Web site: National Simultaneous Storytime Wrap up 2016 Australian Library and Information Association. www.alia.org.au. 2017-01-12.
6. Web site: Book of the Year - Winners 2017 . 2023-06-19 . Children's Book Council of Australia.
7. Web site: Notables 2019 . 2023-06-19 . . 26 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230326145223/https://cbca.org.au/notables-2019 . live .
8. Web site: 2019-11-10 . 2020 Charlotte Huck and Orbis Pictus Award Winners Announced . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210220132542/https://booktrib.com/2019/11/10/2020-charlotte-huck-and-orbis-pictus-award-winners-announced/ . 2021-02-20 . 2023-06-19 . BookTrib . en-US.
9. Web site: NCTE Names 2020 Charlotte Huck and Orbis Pictus Award Winners . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221205040044/https://www.slj.com/story/NCTE-names-2020-charlotte-huck-orbis-pictus-award-winners . 2022-12-05 . 2023-06-19 . School Library Journal.
10. Web site: 2019-11-26 . Awards: Staunch Book Winner; NCTE Award Winners . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230127104234/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3629 . 2023-01-27 . 2023-06-19 . Shelf Awareness.
11. Web site: Notables 2021 . 2023-06-19 . . 23 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210223080445/https://cbca.org.au/notables-2021 . live .
12. Web site: CBCA . 2024-06-09 . www.cbca.org.au.