Barbara Jane Tanner, known as Jane Tanner, (born 29 November 1946 in

Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...

) is an Australian children's book illustrator. Majoring in painting and printmaking at the

National Gallery School The National Gallery of Victoria Art School, associated with the National Gallery of Victoria, was a private fine arts college founded in 1867 and was Australia's leading art school of 50 years. It is also referred to as the 'National Gallery S ...

, Melbourne, she worked as a traditional artist for many years. She won the 1989 Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book award from the Children's Book Council, illustrating Allan Baillie's book ''Drac and the Gremlin''.

Career

She taught school in Victoria before becoming an illustrator. Tanner often uses soft pastels, watercolours and

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, but is best known for her use of coloured pencils. Over 25 years Jane has created more than 13 picture books including some written by herself, and numerous book covers.

Publications

As illustrator

*''The Storm Whale'', written by Sarah Brennan (

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) (2017) *''Lucy’s Cat and the Rainbow Birds'', written by Anthony Hill (

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) (2007) *''The Fisherman and the Theefyspray'' written by Paul Jennings (Penguin Books) (1994) *'' The Wolf'', written by Margaret Barbalet (Penguin Books) (1991) *''Making Lunch'', written by Frances James (Macmillan) (1989) *''Drac and the Gremlin'', written by Allan Baillie (Penguin Books) (1988) *''There’s a Sea in My Bedroom'', written by

Margaret Wild Margaret Wild (born 1948) is an Australian children's writer. She has written more than 40 books for children. Her work has been published around the world and has won several awards. She was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Chi ...

(Penguin Books) (1984) *''Time for a Rhyme'', with Marjory Gardner and Heather Philpot ( Thomas Nelson) (1982)

As author/illustrator

*''Lily and the Fairy House'' (Penguin Books) (2012) *''Love from Grandma'' (Penguin Books) (2010) *''Just Jack'' (Penguin Books) (2008) *''Ride with Me'' (Penguin Books) (2006) *''Isabella’s Secret'' (Penguin Books) (2004) *''Playmates'' (Penguin Books) (2002) *''Niki’s Walk ''(wordless picture book, Thomas Nelson) (1987)

As editor

*''Sandy's Shadow'' by Garry Hurle (Omnibus Books) (1994)

Awards and nominations

*Albert Ullin Award 2022 *On Selection List, Family Award for Children's Books for "Love from Grandma" 2011 *Notable book, CBC for "Love from Grandma" 2011 *Cool Award - Shortlist for "Lucy's Cat and the Rainbow Birds" 2008 *CBC Book Awards, Early Childhood - Shortlist for "Playmates" 2003 *Christian Schools Book Award for "The Fisherman and the Theefyspray" 1998 (winner) * Wilderness Society Environment Award for "The Fisherman and the Theefyspray" 1994 (winner) *Human Rights Award 1992 for "The Wolf" (winner) *CBC Awards-Younger Readers-Shortlist for "The Wolf" 1992 *Victorian Premiers Award-Shortlist for "Drac and the Gremlin" 1989 *CBC Picture Book of the Year 1989 for "Drac and the Gremlin" (winner) *

Kate Greenaway Medal The Carnegie Medal for Illustration (until 2022 the Kate Greenaway Medal) is a British award that annually recognises "distinguished illustration in a book for children". It is conferred upon the illustrator by the Chartered Institute of Librar ...

-Shortlist for "There's a Sea in my Bedroom"1985 *CBC Picture Book Award - Shortlist for "There's a Sea in my Bedroom" 1985 *Frequent Shortlistings for Yabba Awards.

References

External links

Biography @ Penguin
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