From: doris j gebel <djgebel>
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 07:11:40 -0400

I'm glad that Margaret Mahy was mention, not the author of Our Granny and not Australian, but a New Zealander, prolific and well, you probably all know her work. Thinking of Patricia Wrightson, made me think of another classic Australian author and that is Ivan Southall. Front Street brought Ash Road back into print in 2004-a terrific suspensful survival story. The Seven Waters trilogy by Juliet Marillier begins with book One, Daughter of the Forest, a varient of sorts of the Seven Swans steeped in Celtic druid lore. I also recommend the Tomorrow series by John Marsden the first book begins when seven boys return from a camping trip to find that Australia has been invaded and their country is at war. Doris Gebel Northport-East Northport Public Library


On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:45:11 +1000 Judith Ridge
<judith_ridge at netspace.net.au> writes:
>
> > First and foremost--in two words: Mem Fox! Mem has created a
> wonderful,?
> > child-friendly, child-respecting body of work that crosses
> cultures so easily.
> > Koala Lou and Night Noises are favorites along with Wilfrid Gordon
> McDonald
> > Partridge which introduces senility to young children in a loving
> and hopeful
> > way.? Mem's tireless advocacy for children and reading is
> inspiring both in
> > her books on the subject and in talks she has given.
> > Some?Illustrators: Julie Vivas who did many of Mem's books. A
> personal
> > favorite:?Our Granny which includes a variety of grannies and
> their?lumps,
> > wobbly bottoms and all! Very lovingly done.
>
> I'm so late catching up with digests I have actually missed the
> cut-off date
> for ccbc_net's late September discussion period re. Australian
> writers and
> illustrators (well, depending on your time zone!)... I have tried to
> change
> my address for ccbc_net mail without success--I'll try again.
>
> Anyway, I'm catching up tonight, and I have to start by clarifying
> this
> post--"Our Granny" was written by Margaret Wild, not Mem Fox.
>
> I believe Margaret Wild is Australia's best picture book author bar
> none.
> She is prolific, versatile and consistently brilliant. Compare "Our
> Granny"
> to "Fox" to "Little Humpty" to "Woolves in the Sittee"--Margaret is
> without
> parallel.
>
> She has also, in the past, been one of our most important and
> influential
> editors of children's books. I was privileged to work with her in
> this
> capacity in the late 90s when I was junior editor under her guidance
> at ABC
> Books.
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Judith
>
>
>
>
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