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As an owl-raver, Edel Wignell is delighted to announce that a picture-story, Big Eyes and Scary Voice, illustrated by Carl Pearce, will be released by Tamarind, an imprint of Random House Children's Books (UK), in October 2008. More news soon.
Edel Wignell has been writing full time for children and adults since 1979. Writer, compiler and journalist, she has 90 booksfor children, and her writing for adults has been published in more than 100 journals, newspapers, collections, on the Internet, and read on radio. Edel rhymes with 'medal'.
For children, she writes novels, non-fiction, picture-stories, short stories, articles, scripts, and poetry and verse. She compiles collections, too. NEW!
She has won many awards for her writing. UPDATES!
When she was a kid she lived on a sheep farm in northern Victoria. See biographical notes on about Edel Wignell. NEW!
Read Notes for Teachers and some of Edel's articles, short stories and poetry for adults. NEW!
You can also Contact Edel.
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Tying the Knot: Folk Tales of Love and Marriage from Around the World (2006, Phoenix Education) - twelve entertaining tales for young people aged 10-15.
(ISBN 1 921085 21 5)
Tying the Knot: Teacher Resource Book (ISBN 1 921085 22 3)
Six young women seek an elusive young man; the exploits of 'clever girls'; a young man outwits a stubborn wife; a teller of tall tales wins a princess; four puppets advise a young man on a quest; a different Cinderella tale - as it is told by the First Nations of North America.
Read more about Tying the Knot in Collections and Notes for Teachers.
Publisher: (Phoenix Education): www.phoenixeduc.com |
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Edel's latest novel for ages 8-10 is The Long, Sticky Walk, illustrated by Dee Huxley 'Cygnet Young Fiction' (2003, University of Western Australia Press), a Notable Book, Children's Book Council of Australia. Also in the Victorian Premier's Reading Challenge. (ISBN 1 876268 81 6)
In 1886, Emily, her Mama, little brother James and Baby Ann are caught in a terrible flood on their farm. Papa is far away. Can they struggle through the sticky, black mud and reach the nearest town? Read more about The Long, Sticky Walk in Novels and Chapter Books and in Notes for Teachers.
Publisher: (UWAP) www.uwapress.uwa.edu.au |
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