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Jan Ormerod Jan Ormerod i(A41522 works by) (birth name: Janette Louise Hendry) (a.k.a. Janette Louise Ormerod)
Born: Established: 23 Sep 1946 Bunbury, Bunbury area, Bunbury - Capel - Collie area, Far Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia, ; Died: Ceased: 23 Jan 2013 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,

Gender: Female
Expatriate assertion Departed from Australia: 1980
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BiographyHistory

Jan Ormerod was trained in design and worked in art schools and colleges until her first child was born. It was at this time that Ormerod became interested in picture books and felt this would necessitate a move to either the eastern states of Australia or to London; the family subsequently moved to London.

In an interview, published in 2002 on Adhoc, a UK website, Ormerod says: '[My] early work was very much based on my own family, when my children were very small and details on day to day life were my whole world...I wrote the text - and the words and image were both mine. But now, no longer having small children I draw from a wider range of stimuli and sometimes I write the text, sometimes a text gets offered to me...Quite a proportion of my work now is illustrating texts written by other people.'

Ormerod illustrated works for children by both English and American writers including an edition of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan published by Viking Kestral in 1988.

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • For information about this author's works for children, particularly foreign editions not yet included in AustLit, see Australian Children's Books by Marcie Muir and Kerry White (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1992-2003).

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon The Swap Richmond : Hardie Grant Children's Publishing , 2013 6345901 2013 single work picture book children's

'Caroline Crocodile’s baby brother dribbles. But all Mama Crocodile EVER says is how GORGEOUS he is. Caroline is VERY jealous. So she goes to the Baby Shop and tries to swap her dribbly brother for new baby. The trouble is, there’s something not quite right with any of them…' (Publisher's blurb)

2014 joint winner Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Premier's Prize for Writing for Children
2014 winner CBCA Book of the Year Awards Book of the Year: Early Childhood
2014 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Early Childhood
y separately published work icon Maudie and Bear Surry Hills : Little Hare Books , 2010 Z1733995 2010 single work picture book children's

'Maudie's world revolves around Maudie. Bear's world also revolves around Maudie—he is as patient and solid as a rock. Maudie is so confident of Bear's love she makes little effort to deserve it. Bear's remedy for loving Maudie is to love her some more.

'Jan Ormerod's minimal text and Freya Blackwood's inspired illustrations perfectly capture the intricate relationship between parent and child. This is the ultimate of reassuring stories— it shows that a parent's love is inexhaustible.' (From the publisher's website.)

2012 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Books
2011 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Australian Book of the Year for Younger Children
2011 winner CBCA Book of the Year Awards Book of the Year: Early Childhood
y separately published work icon Shake a Leg Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2010 Z1733607 2010 single work picture book children's (taught in 1 units) 'From pizza shop to bora ground, here is a joyous celebration of food, dance and cultural understanding. When three young boys go to a pizza parlour and meet an Aboriginal chef who can speak Italian and make a deadly pizza, they're in for a surprise!' Source: www.allenandunwin.com/ (Sighted 26/05/2011).
2011 Notable Book CBCA Book of the Year Awards Picture Book of the Year
2011 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Best Book for Language Development – Indigenous Children
2011 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Best Language Development Book for Lower Primary Children (2005-2013)
2011 winner Prime Minister's Literary Awards Children's Fiction
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