Jill Ethel Eggleton QSO is a New Zealand children's book author, teacher and education consultant.[1] She received the Margaret Mahy Award in 2015 for Everyone Has A Story.[2] Eggleton has authored over 800 children's books;[3] in 2009 alone she wrote 60 books.[4] She was appointed Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO) in the 2010 New Year Honours "for services to education and literacy".[5] Eggleton lives in Parnell, Auckland.[4]

Jill Eggleton in 2010

Publications

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Eggleton's many books for children include:

  • Mrs Pye's Pool, Sunshine Multimedia (Australia) Pty Ltd, Thomastown, Victoria, 2015[6]
  • Big Bubba, Global Education Systems Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, 2016[7]
  • Silly Billy, Global Education Systems Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, 2015[8]
  • A New Bed, Sunshine Multimedia (Australia) Pty Ltd, Thomastown, Victoria, 2015[9]
  • Wake UP Cow, Global Education Systems Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, 2015[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Summer both time to play, learn". The Bismarck Tribune. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Storylines about the organisation and trust". www.storylines.org.nz. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Huia | Jill Eggleton". www.huia.co.nz. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  4. ^ a b Moyes, Sarah (13 January 2010). "Busy writer believes in reading". Stuff. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  5. ^ "New Year honours list 2010". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  6. ^ Eggleton, Jill; Davy, Mary (2015). Mrs Pye's pool. Sunshine books. Level 11. Thomastown, Victoria: Sunshine Multimedia (Australia) Pty Ltd. ISBN 9781927294789. OCLC 904595718.
  7. ^ Eggleton, Jill; Hoit, Richard; Eggleton, Jill (2016). Big Bubba. JillE books. Auckland, New Zealand: Global Education Systems Ltd. ISBN 9781927307816. OCLC 953235216.
  8. ^ Eggleton, Jill; Hoit, Richard; Eggleton, Jill (2015). Silly Billy. Bud.e reading. Auckland, New Zealand: Global Ed. ISBN 9781927307014.
  9. ^ Eggleton, Jill; Van der Voo, Jan (2015). A new bed. Sunshine books. Level 9. Thomastown, Victoria: Sunshine Multimedia (Australia) Pty Ltd. ISBN 9781927294666. OCLC 904595731.
  10. ^ Eggleton, Jill; Rowe, Cheryl; Eggleton, Jill (2015). Wake up, Cow!. Bud.e reading. Auckland, New Zealand: Global Ed. ISBN 9781927307113.
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