Jane Godwin facts for kids
Jane Godwin is a super talented Australian author. She was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1964. She also works as a publisher at Penguin Books Australia. This means she helps create amazing books for kids and young adults!
In May 2024, Jane was honored in a big way. She joined the Australian Book Industry Awards Hall of Fame. She also won the Pixie O’Harris Award that same year. These awards celebrate people who do great things in Australian books.
Jane lives in Melbourne. She loves to help young people. She works with school kids and Indigenous children through the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. This group helps make sure all kids can read and learn.
Awards and Special Mentions
Jane Godwin has written many books. These books have been published all over the world. She has also won many awards for her wonderful stories.
Here are some of her special achievements:
- 1999: Her book Sebby, Stee, The Garbos and Me was a finalist for the Patricia Wrightson Prize. It 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: The True Story of Mary was a finalist for the CBC Book of the Year Awards. This was in the Younger Readers category.
- 2021: Sing Me The Summer was a finalist for the Children's prize at the Indie Book Awards.
- 2021: When Rain Turns to Snow was a finalist for the CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers.
- 2024: Her book A Life Song won the Children's Picture Book of the Year award. This was for ages 0–6 at the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA).
Jane lives in Melbourne with her husband. She has two children, including Wil Wagner.
Books by Jane Godwin
Jane Godwin has written many popular books. Here is a list of some of her amazing stories:
- 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)
