Frances Watts is the pen-name of Ali Lavau, a Swiss born Australian author, who moved to Sydney, Australia when she was three years old.[1] She has studied English literature at Macquarie University, going on to teach Australian Literature and children's literature. After graduating with a PhD, she obtained her first job in publishing.
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Awards and honours edit
- 2006 CBCA Book Of The Year Awards in the Early Childhood category, Honour book:Kisses For Daddy[2]
- 2008 CBCA Book Of The Year Awards, Winner: Parsley Rabbit's Book about Books[3]
- 2012 CBCA Book Of The Year Awards, Notable Book: Goodnight, Mice!
- 2012 Prime Minister's Literary Awards Children's Fiction Winner: Goodnight, Mice!
- 2020 CBCA Book Of The Year Awards in the Early Childhood category, Winner: My Friend Fred[4]
- 2020 Aurealis Award for best children's fiction, Shortlisted: The Chicken's Curse[5]
Books edit
Fiction edit
- Extraordinary Ernie & Marvellous Maud (illus. Judy Watson) (2008)[6]
- The Greatest Sheep in History (illus. Judy Watson) (2009)[7]
- The Raven's Wing (2014)[8]
- The Peony Lantern (2015)[9]
- The Chicken's Curse (2020)[10]
Picture books edit
- This Dog Bruce (2004)[11]
- Kisses for Daddy (illus. David Legge) (2005)[12]
- Parsley Rabbit's Book about Books (2007)[13]
- Captain Crabclaw's Crew (2009)[14]
- A Rat in a Stripy Sock (illus. David Francis) (2010)
- Goodnight, Mice! (illus. Judy Watson) (2011)[15]
- The Fearsome, Frightening, Ferocious Box (illus. David Legge) (2013)[16]
- A Very Quacky Christmas (illus. Ann James) (2017)[17]
- It's a Story, Rory! (illus. David Legge) (2018)[18]
- Leonard Doesn't Dance (illus. Judy Watson) (2019)[19]
- My Friend Fred (illus. Anne Yi) (2019)[20]
References edit
- ^ About Frances Retrieved 18 July 2010
- ^ CBCA Awards List 2006 Archived 5 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2010
- ^ Frances Watts Retrieved 18 July 2010
- ^ "CBCA Book of the Year 2020 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ "Aurealis Awards 2020 finalists announced". Books+Publishing. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ Extraordinary Ernie & Marvellous Maud. OCLC. OCLC 229456566.
- ^ The greatest sheep in history. OCLC. OCLC 298217740.
- ^ Watts, Frances (23 September 2023). The raven's wing. Sydney, N.S.W. ISBN 978-0-7333-3291-3. OCLC 875886776.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Watts, Frances (20 July 2015). The peony lantern. Sydney South, N.S.W. ISBN 978-0-7333-3292-0. OCLC 906933398.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Watts, Frances (2020). The chicken's curse. Kelly Canby. Sydney, N.S.W. ISBN 978-1-76052-556-9. OCLC 1129215422.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ This dog Bruce. OCLC. OCLC 56645557.
- ^ Kisses for daddy. OCLC. OCLC 65470168.
- ^ Parsley Rabbit's book about books. OCLC. OCLC 174095646.
- ^ Captain Crabclaw's crew. OCLC. OCLC 277180087.
- ^ Goodnight, mice!. OCLC. OCLC 988924339.
- ^ The fearsome, frightening, ferocious box. OCLC. OCLC 870663137.
- ^ Watts, Frances (23 October 2017). A very quacky Christmas. James, Ann, 1952-. Sydney, N.S.W. ISBN 978-0-7333-2962-3. OCLC 987581342.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Watts, Frances (23 September 2023). It's a story, Rory!. Legge, David, 1963-. Sydney, N.S.W. ISBN 978-0-7333-3593-8. OCLC 1030893051.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Watts, Frances (23 September 2023). Leonard doesn't dance. Watson, Judy, 1959-. Sydney, N.S.W. ISBN 978-0-7333-3304-0. OCLC 1062418044.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Watts, Frances (23 September 2023). My friend Fred. Yi, A. (Anne). Sydney, NSW, Australia. ISBN 978-1-76029-094-8. OCLC 1090038498.
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