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Jane Tanner Jane Tanner i(A45579 works by) (a.k.a. Barbara Jane Tanner)
Born: Established: 1946 Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender: Female
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Jane Tanner grew up in Coburg, Victoria and has stated that her parents 'were ill or absent in my teenage years, so I found refuge in art, nature, and books.' She studied art at Prahran Technical School under Lenton Parr and Alun Leach-Jones among others. She has an Associate Diploma of Fine Art in printmaking and painting, and a Diploma of Education. She worked as a teacher before becoming a full-time illustrator in 1984.

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y separately published work icon Girl from the Sea Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2020 18880579 2020 single work picture book children's

'A poetic ghost story with stunning images from two of Australia's finest children's book creators

'Who lives in that cottage by the sea?
I wish. I wish. I wish it was me.

'A lyrical masterpiece by Margaret Wild and Jane Tanner.' (Publication summary) 
2021 shortlisted English Association and the UK Literary Association — Fiction 7-11
2021 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Picture Books
y separately published work icon Storm Whale Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2017 10953650 2017 single work picture book children's

'A captivating and beautifully illustrated story about three sisters who find a stranded whale on the beach.

'Bleak was the day and the wind whipped down when I and my sisters walked to town ...

'So begins the story of three sisters who find a whale stranded on a windswept beach and try to save it.

'With a powerful, poetic text, wonderful to read aloud, and illustrations full of life and movement, Storm Whale celebrates the majesty and vulnerability of nature and our place in it.' (Publication summary)
2018 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Children's Fiction
2018 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards — Griffith University Children’s Book Award
2018 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Picture Book of the Year
y separately published work icon Lily and the Fairy House Camberwell : Viking , 2012 Z1868257 2012 single work picture book children's

'Lily knows that fairies live near the gum tree. She has created a fairy house with a rose petal bed and a gum leaf table, and today she is preparing a fairy party . . . But will the fairies come and play? Lily and the Fairy House is pure wish-fulfilment, a magical fairy book for girls of all ages. The perfect companion to the bestselling Isabella's Secret.'  (Publication summary)
2013 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Picture Book
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