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Wendy's Books

Nim's Island

MULTIPLE EDITIONS

Nim at Sea
Mokie and Bik
Spook's Shack
Peeling the Onion
Ark in the Park

AVAILABLE IN AUSTRALIA

Too Much Stuff
Across the Dark Sea
Leaving It To You

OUT OF PRINT
(WITH LIMITED COPIES AVAILABLE FROM WENDY)

Poppy's Path
The Bully Biscuit Gang
The Tin Can Puppy
Dirtbikes

LIMITED AVAILABILITY

Grandfather Martin

KOREA

The Laziest Boy in the World
Mindblowing!

FRENCH

L'arche des Noè

OUT OF PRINT
(Check your local library for these!)

Jessica Joan
Arabella
Micki and Daniel series:
--A Train to the City
--The Wedding
--Aa-Choo!
--Pegasus and Ooloo Mooloo
Amanda's Dinosaur
Sally's Painting Room
Alroy's Very Nearly Clean Bedroom
The Great Yackandandah Billy Cart Race
Paradise Gold
Paradise Palace
Yasou Nikki
Micki Moon and Daniel Day
Bad Martha
A Light In Space
Fighting Back (Black Apples)
The House at Evelyn's Pond





































Wendy's Awards

Across the Dark Sea,illus Donna Rawlins, National Museum of Australia, 2006

  • Shortlisted, NSW Premier’s Prize, Community Relations Award

Arabella, illus Kim Gamble, HarperCollins Australia, 1998

  • CBCA Notable Book, 1999

Ark in the Park, illus Kerry Millard, Harper Collins 1994

  • CBCA Book of the Year for Junior Readers, 1995
  • Shortlisted for KOALA awards, NSW 1996
  • Children's Crown Award, 2002–2003, USA
  • Cochecho Readers' Award, New Hampshire, USA, nominee 2001-2

Dirtbikes, HarperCollins 1995

  • shortlisted for BILBY Award (Queensland) 2000

The House at Evelyn’s Pond, Allen & Unwin, 2001

  • Australian Audio Book of the Year, (Adult - shortlist)

Jessica Joan, illus Ann James, Reed, Australia, 1993; (also Koala, Australia 2000)

  • Featured on ‘Play School’

Leaving it to You, HarperCollins, 1992

  • Shortlisted for CBCA Book of the Year for Junior Readers, 1993
  • Shortlisted for Family Therapy Award, 1993

Mindblowing, Allen & Unwin, Australia 1994

  • CBCA Notable Book, 1995

Nim’s Island, illus Kerry Millard, Allen & Unwin, 1999

  • Released as a major Hollywood feature film on 4.4.08
  • Shortlisted for The West Australian Young Readers' Book Award 2001
  • A Parent's Guide 2001 Children's Media Award Winner (USA)
  • Maine Student Book Awards (3rd place)
  • Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award finalist
  • Los Angeles Times Best Books for 2001
  • New York Public Library's "Children's Books, 2001--100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
  • Cochecho Readers' Award, (New Hampshire) nominee 2002-3
  • 2005-2006 Battle of the Books Official List, Alaskan Association of School Librarians

Paradise Palace

  • Shortlisted for The West Australian Young Readers' Book Award 1998

Peeling the Onion, Allen & Unwin, Australia 1996

  • CBCA Honour Book for older readers, 1997
  • Family therapy Award Honour Book 1997
  • American Library Association ‘Best of the Best List’ (top 100 books in the past fifty years)
  • American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults
  • Winner: Maine Student Book Award, 1998-1999

Shortlisted for:
  • Evergreen Awards 2000, (USA)
  • NASEN Special Educational Needs Book Awards (UK)
  • New York Public Library Book for the Teenage
  • South Carolina Best Books for Young Adults
  • 2000-2001 Utah Book Awards
  • Chicago Public Library Best of the Best 1997
  • 2001 Beehive Awards USA

Spook’s Shack, illus Kerry Millard, Allen & Unwin, 2003

  • Shortlisted for The West Australian Young Readers' Book Award 2004
  • Shortlisted for Young Australian Readers’ Award, 2004

Yasou Nikki, illus Kim Gamble Harper Collins 1995

  • shortlisted for NSW Premier's Award for Children's Literature, 1995
  • shortlisted for CROW Award (South Australia) 1996