Jane Godwin facts for kids
Jane Godwin (born in Melbourne, Australia in 1964) is an amazing Australian author. She also works as a publisher at Penguin Books Australia, helping to create books for children and young adults.
In 2024, Jane was honored by the Australian Book Industry Awards. She was added to their Hall of Fame and also won the Pixie O’Harris Award, which celebrates people who have made a big difference in Australian children's books.
Jane lives in Melbourne and loves working with young people. She helps school students and also works with Indigenous children through the Indigenous Literacy Foundation, encouraging them to read and write.
Jane Godwin's Awesome Awards
Jane Godwin has written many books that have been published all over the world. She has won lots of awards and been recognized for her fantastic stories!
- 1999: Her book Sebby, Stee, The Garbos and Me was a finalist for the New South Wales State Literary Award Patricia Wrightson Prize.
- 1999: Sebby, Stee, The Garbos and Me was also a finalist for the Young Australian Best Book Award.
- 2000: She won the Queensland Premier's Literary Award for her book The Family Tree.
- 2006: Her book The True Story of Mary was shortlisted for the CBC Book of the Year Awards in the Younger Readers category.
- 2021: Sing Me The Summer was shortlisted for the Children's prize at the Indie Book Awards.
- 2021: When Rain Turns to Snow was shortlisted for the CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers.
- 2024: She won the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) for Children's Picture Book of the Year (ages 0–6) with her book A Life Song.
Books by Jane Godwin
- The Family Tree (1998)
- Poor Fish (2000)
- When Anna Slept Over (2001)
- Millie Starts School (2001)
- Jessie and Mr Smith (2003)
- The Day I Turned Ten (2004)
- Minnie and The Super Guys (2004)
- The True Story of Mary (2005)
- When Elephants Lived In The Sea (2006)
- Falling from Grace (2006)
- Little Cat and the Big Red Bus (2008)
- Sam Sullivan's Scooter (2009)
- Where's Sunday? (2010)
- ’All Through the Year (2010)
- Today We Have No Plans (2012)
- Starting School (2013)
- Animal Tales (2014) (contributor)
- How Big is Too Small? (2016)
- Go Go and the Silver Shoes (2018)
- What Do You Wish For? (2018)
- As Happy as Here (2019)
- Poor Fish (2019)
- Sing Me The Summer (2020)
- When Rain Turns to Snow (2020)
- Don’t Forget (2021)
- Arno and His Horse (2021)
- All the Words I Need to Know (2022)
- A Life Song (2023)
