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Jane Godwin


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Children's, Young Adult


Jane Godwin is the Publisher, Books for Children and Young Adults, at Penguin Books Australia. She is also a highly acclaimed author of many books for children. Her work is published internationally and she has received many commendations. The Family Tree won the 2000 Queensland Premier's Award (Children's Books); Sebby, Stee, the Garbos and Me was shortlisted for the 1999 New South Wales State Literary Award (Patricia Wrightson Prize) and was a YABBA finalist; and The True Story of Mary was shortlisted for the 2006 CBCA Book of the Year Awards, Younger Readers. In 2009 her picture book with illustrator Anna Walker, Little Cat and the Big Red Bus, was a notable book in the CBCA Awards and was also shortlisted for the Speech Pathology Austra ...more

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Average rating: 3.78 · 5,271 ratings · 857 reviews · 70 distinct works • Similar authors
As Happy as Here
3.90 avg rating — 848 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions
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Red House, Tree House, Litt...
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Falling from Grace
3.02 avg rating — 751 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions
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When Rain Turns to Snow
4.01 avg rating — 487 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions
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Sadie and the Silver Shoes
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Baby Day
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A Walk in the Dark
3.80 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions
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Look Me in the Eye
3.74 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions
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All Through the Year
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Today We Have No Plans
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“Never trust someone who can't enjoy music [...] you can guarantee that they're only half alive.”
― Jane Godwin, Falling from Grace
tags: life, music, true, truth
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“You can see time in a tree.”
― Jane Godwin, A Walk in the Dark
tags: trees
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“Jemma died at 4.58 the next morning.”
― Jane Godwin, As Happy as Here
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