Katrina Germein Explained
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.[1] By 2023 Germein had written over 20 picture books with some published internationally.[2] [3]
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 [4]
- 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 [5]
- 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! [6]
- Won - Speech Pathology Book of the Year Award 2019 for Let's Go Strolling by Katrina Germein and Danny Snell [7]
- Won - SCBWI Crystal Kite Award 2023 and Honour book in CBCA Book of the Year Award: Early Childhood for Bev & Kev[8]
Works
Children's books
- Big Rain Coming (1999), illustrated by Bronwyn Bancroft
- Leaving (2000), illustrated by Bronwyn Bancroft
- 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
- Web site: Twinkl teaching wiki . 2023-06-16 . www.twinkl.com.au.
- Web site: Katrina Germein . 2023-06-17 . SCBWI . en.
- Web site: Katrina Germein . 2023-10-15 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . en.
- Web site: Trove . 2023-06-17 . trove.nla.gov.au.
- Web site: Book of the Year . 2023-06-16 . www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au.
- Web site: CBCA . 2023-06-16 . www.cbca.org.au.
- Web site: Mem: 10123584 . Speech Pathology Australia book awards 2019 winners announced Books+Publishing . 2023-06-16 . en-AU.
- Web site: 2023-06-03 . Crystal Kite award for Katrina Germein and Mandy Foot . 2023-06-17 . SCBWI Australia East Blog . en-AU.
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