Short powerpoint about this Australian author. Intended to begin discussions and book talk, and to encourage borrowing of her books.

1. Jackie French
Australian Author
Picture credit : http://www.monkeybaa.com.au/MonkeyBaa-patrons.html

2. Jackie French
lives on a farm near Canberra.
Picture credit : http://www.jackiefrench.com/garden.html

3. Jackie French
is married to Bryan Sullivan.
She has a son, two step-daughters and
two step-grandchildren.
Picture credit : http://www.batemansbaypost.com.au/news/local/news/general/araluen-mans-small-step-in-history/1574511.aspx

4. Jackie French
had an unhappy childhood, so
she hid in the world of books.
She learned to read quite young
because her Mum kept reading her
“Winnie-the-Pooh” over and over.
Picture credit : http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/99107.Winnie_the_Pooh

5. Jackie French
writes picture books.
Picture credits : http://www.wombania.com/wombats/diary-of-a-wombat.htm
http://www.fishpond.co.nz/Books/Hairy-Charlie-and-Frog-Jackie-French-Dee-Huxley-Illustrated-by/9780864613738?cf=3
http://www.koalabooks.com.au/shop/item/too-many-pears
http://www.harpercollins.com.au/books/Pete-the-Sheep-Board-Book/?isbn=9780732287948
http://www.girl.com.au/josephine-wants-to-dance.htm

6. Jackie French
writes novels and chapter books.
Picture credits : http://www.qbd.com.au/product/9780207177965-Walking_The_Boundaries_by_Jackie_French.htm
http://www.qbd.com.au/product/9780207171246-Rainstones_by_Jackie_French.htm
http://web.me.com/b1b2/blah/otherwriting/Entries/2006/4/25_Tom_Appleby_Convict_Boy,_Jackie_French.html
http://www.harpercollins.com.au/books/goat-who-sailed-world-jackie-french/?isbn=9780207200779
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1099159.Summerland

7. Jackie French
writes information books.
Picture credits : http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/jackie-french/how-the-aliens-from-alpha-centauri-invaded-my-math-class-
and-turned-me-into-a-writer/_/R-400000000000000561928
http://www.borders.com.au/ebook/how-to-guzzle-your-garden/23272404/
http://www.kids-bookreview.com/2011/02/bibliography-jackie-french.html
http://www.mylittlebookcase.com.au/books/book-spotlight-rocket-your-child-into-reading-by-jackie-french/
http://www.borders.com.au/ebook/how-high-can-a-kangaroo-hop/11540919/

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Bibliography
Araluen Man’s Small Step (Bay Post)
http://www.batemansbaypost.com.au/news/local/news/general/araluen-mans-small-step-in-
history/1574511.aspx
Jackie French website http://www.jackiefrench.com/
Talking Heads, ABC http://www.abc.net.au/tv/talkingheads/txt/s2691580.htm