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Hi....Jackie French AM is an Australian author, historian, ecologist and honourary wombat (part time);2014–15 Australian Children' Laureate; and 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. ​Jackie was born in Sydneygrew up on the outskirts of Brisbane, and is still not dead. She has lived for more than 40 years at the top of the gorge in the Araluen Valley, where her ancestors livedtoo. Only one school she attended burned down. This was not her fault. ​Some of Jackie’s books have sold millions of copies and won over 60 awards in Australia and internationally. Others were eaten by the wombats. ​Instead of hobbies she has: written over 200 books; built a house and power system; planted thousands of trees; eaten lunches with friends; readto her grandkids; triedto find her glasses; eatendark chocolates, whatever fruit is in season and the odd feral species (some are very odd). She coined the term ‘moral ominvore’ to describe her diet. There is a dispensation for dark chocolate.​Jackie has studied over 400 wombatsand been the (almost) obedient slave to a dozen of them. She is an enthusiastic cookmarried to an enthusiastic eater. If you visitdo not bring cake. It is the duty of a guest to eat. Lots. Then eat some more. If you are worried about calories hike up the mountain and look for endangered species. But you will find more on a bush mooch than a bush walk. Watch out for the eight species of snake. Don’t worry. They’ll also be watching out for you.​Jackie writes for adults, young adults, and even younger humans, on history, ecology, and her award-winning historical fiction for all ages, but... write just one picture book about a wombatand no one lets you forget it. Ever. Please do not mention Diary of a Wombat or the word ‘prolific’. Or the story of how her first book was accepted because a wombat had left its droppings on her typewriteras, after 25 years of repeating it, she is bored.​Jackie is also dyslexic and patron of literacy programmes across Australia with a wide and deep –if accidental –experience in learning differences and methodsand their outcomes for students, as well as a passionate advocate for equal-opportunity education. She still can't spell.The Rights of the Child Reader​1. Every child has theright to learn to read, with the methods they need to do so​2. Every child has theright to access thebooks they need; forpleasure, learning, empathy andto growtheirbrains​3.Every child has the right to read books in their mother language, about their own culture​4. Every child has the right to say, ‘This book is boring. May I have another?’​5.Every child has the right to be given books that are free of racism andhatred​6.Every child has the right to access the extraordinary heritage of the written knowledge of humanity​Every adult has the right to know the children of this planet are being given the tools of literacy and the power of books to change the world and ensure our future.New ReleasesFire Wombat (illustrated by Danny Snell)Coming November 2020​As the bushfire swallowed up the world they knew, a wombat shared her burrow with other animals.​As the flames of the bushfire approach, one small wombat is bravely followed by other animals to the safety of her underground burrow.From best-selling author and Australian Children's Laureate, Jackie French, and award-winning illustrator, Danny Snell, comes a story of survival, courage and friendship.​You can order a copy here.The Ghost of Howlers Beach (The Butter O'Bryan Mysteries, #1)​Butter O'Bryan has been told there are ghosts on Howlers Beach, but are there?​Butter O'Bryan lives in a Very Small Castle with his father and three aunts - Aunt Elephant, Aunt Cake and Aunt Peculiar.And even though Butter is only twelve years old, and the grandson of one of Australia's most successful Jam Kings, he is very aware of the hardship many people are experiencing.Butter has been told there are ghosts at the nearby isolated Howlers Beach, but are there? And how can the children Butter plays cricket with on the beach simply vanish? Who are these children and why do they refuse his help?Butter is certain they're hiding a secret and he's determined to uncover it.​You can order a copy here.Pandemic(with Bruce Whatley)Coming November2020​From the author of the best-selling Matilda Saga comes a new series that takes us back to the birth of our nation.​The war carried the Spanish flu across the world. Faces grew masks. Shops and schools wore signs that said, Closed. Families nursing the sick drew their curtains together to say their house was quarantined... From the award-winning creators of Flood, Fire, Cyclone and Drought, comes this powerful story of humanity prevailing during a pandemic.​You can preorder a copy here.Coming SoonThe Angel of WaterlooComing December2020​From the author of the best-selling Matilda Saga comes a new series that takes us back to the birth of our nation.​The soldiers called her 'The Angel of Waterloo'. This esteemed surgeon's daughter who was born on a battlefield, lost her mother on a battlefield, and then married and was widowed on the battlefield that was Waterloo, where Henrietta Bartlett worked alongside her father on that fateful day in June 1815.But after the carnage of war, 'Hen' dreams of peace, and her own home, and a society that would allow a woman to practice medicine.​You can preorder a copy here. Get in touchI love hearing from readers but can't answer all the emails immediately.If you need help with a school assignment, please check out my FAQ page. It may have the answers you seek. If that hasn't helped, have a browse here, here or here.​If you need to get in touch with me directly, please emailjackie@jackiefrench.comIf you have publicity or media enquiries, please get in touch with YvonneSewankamboatyvonne.sewankambo@harpercollins.com.auIf you would like to book for a speaking engagement, please see Speakers Inkfor QLD, Booked Outfor WA and Victoria and vincent.hermann@brighton.sa.edu.au for SA.For more information on the terms of talks, workshops and school visits, see the Bookings page.MailImay take a few weeks to reply to mail. Please write to:Jackie FrenchPO Box 63Braidwood, NSW2622Stay in touchSign up! Expect a newsletter once a month, with news about the wombats, my books and latest recipes. For past editions of the newsletter, have a look here.The Australian copyright Act 1968(the Act) allows 10% of the number of words on this website to be reproduced and/or communicated by any educational institution for its educational purposes provided that the educational institution (or the body that administers it) has given a remuneration notice to Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) under the Act.For details of the CAL licence for educational institutions contact:Copyright Agency Limitestelephone 02 93947600email info@copyright.com.auExcept as permitted under the Act (for example for the services of the crown or in reliance of one of the fair dealing exceptions ie fair dealing for purposes of research or study, no part of this website may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, communicated or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission. All inquiries should be made to the copyright holder.Jackie FrenchAustralian author, ecologist, historian, dyslexic, honourary wombatHomeAboutBooksReading Writing TipsFor TeachersJackie s GardenWombats and WildlifeBlogContact and BookingsMoreBookshopHomeAboutBooksReading Writing TipsFor TeachersJackie s GardenWombats and WildlifeBlogContact and BookingsMore© Jackie French

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