Klein,+Robin

RESEARCH SCAFFOLD  || //Came Back to Show You I Could Fly// won a Human Rights Award for Literature in 1989. It also won the 1990 Australian Children's Book of the Year Award, Older Readers, and was shortlisted for the 1990 Victorian Premier's Literary Award and the 1990 NSW Premier's Literary Award. This outstanding novel was named a White Raven book at the 1990 Bologna Children's Book Fair. Her novel for older readers, //The Listmaker//, won the 1990 South Australian Festival Award for Literature. In 1991 Robin Klein was awarded the Dromkeen Medal for her significant contribution to the appreciation and development of children's literature in Australia. Robin was the recipient of an honorary Doctorate (//Doctor of Letters - Honoris Causa//), from the University of Newcastle in 2004. ||  || Chronological reference to people and experiences that influenced the person explaining how they influenced them. ||  Born in Kempsey, New South Wales, in 1936, Klein was part of a farming family, although she spent much of her childhood living in the suburbs. Before becoming a writer, she had several different jobs, including working as a nurse, at a bookstore, and as an aide teaching at a school for the disadvantaged. ||  ||  Special mention, Critici in Erba Awards at Bologna Children's Book Fair, 1979, for //The Giraffe in Pepperell Street;// Australian Junior Book of the Year Award, Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA), 1983, for //Thing;// Book of the Year Award Highly Commended citation, CBCA, 1984, for //Penny Pollard's Diary;// senior fellowship grant, Arts Council of Australia Literature Board, 1985; CBCA Book of the Year designation, Australian Children's Book of the Year shortlist, for //People Might Hear You// and //Seeing Things//, both 1984, //Hating Alison Ashley//, 1985, and //Halfway across the// //Galaxy and Turn Left//, 1986; Young Australian Best Book Award, 1986, and Kids Own Australian Literature Award (KOALA), 1997, and South Australia Kanga Award list, 2004, all for //Hating Alison Ashley;// Human Rights Award for Literature, 1989, and Australian Children's Book of the Year Award for Older Readers, Victorian Premier's Literary Award shortlist, Bologna Children's Book Fair White Raven Book designation, New South Wales Premier's Literary Award, all 1990, and COOL Award, 1992, all for //Came Back to Show You I Could Fly;// Dromkeen Medal, 1991, for contributions to children's literature in Australia; KOALA award, 1992, for //People Might Hear You;// New South Wales State Literary Award, 1992, for //All in the Blue Unclouded Weather;// South Australian Festival Award for Literature, 1998, and Books I Love Best Yearly honor (Queensland), 1999, both for //The Listmaker;// honorary doctor of letters, University of Newcastle, 2004.
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 * **Title: ** Title is detailed, creative, sparks interest. ||  Robin Klein, Author of the Century ||
 * **Orientation: ** Establishes the name of the person, when and where they were born, their early family life and made them a famous person. ||  Born in Kempsey, New South Wales, 1936, Robin Klein has now had more than forty books published. Many have been shortlisted for the Australian Children's Book of the Year Award, including //People Might Hear You// (1984), //Seeing Things// (1984), //Hating Alison Ashley// (1985), //Halfzuay Across the Galaxy and Turn Left// (1986). ||
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 * ^  || Robin Klein was born in Kempsey, New South Whales. She has eight brothers and sisters. Robin left school at the age of 15 and a year later published her first short story. She began writing full-time in 1981 after receivinga Literature Board Grant. Since then she has established herself as one of Australia's best writers for children and published more than 40 books. ||
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Award, all 1990, and COOL Award, 1992, all for //Came Back to Show You I Could Fly;// Dromkeen Medal, 1991, for contributions to children's literature in Australia; KOALA award, 1992, for //People Might Hear You;// New South Wales State Literary Award, 1992, for //All in the Blue Unclouded Weather;// South Australian Festival Award for Literature, 1998, and Books I Love Best Yearly honor (Queensland), 1999, both for //The Listmaker;// honorary doctor of letters, University of Newcastle, 2004. ||  ||

[] || >> Winner, CBCA Junior Book of the Year, 1983 >> Winner, CBCA Book of the Year, 1984 **Hating Alison Ashley**, 1984 Shortlisted, CBCA Book of the Year, 1985 >> Shortlisted, CBCA Book of the Year, 1985 >> Honour Book, CBCA Book of the Year: Younger Readers, 1991 >> Notable Book, CBCA Book of the Year: Younger Readers, 1999 >> Shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year, 1998: Younger Readers >> Notable Book, CBCA Book of the Year: Younger Readers, 2000 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 115%;">Well known persons working at the same time. || Several of her books have been short-listed for the Australian Children's Book of the Year Award, including //Hating Alison Ashley// (also a film starring **Delta Goodrem**) and //Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left// (filmed as a television series for the **Seven Network** in 1992). || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 115%;">Why do their life is regarded as significant and why they are admirable. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 115%;">Before becoming a writer, she had several different jobs, including working as a nurse, at a bookstore, and as an aide teaching at a school for the disadvantaged. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 115%;">Establishes when and where the person died and the effect their work and values had on people. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 115%;"> || [] ||
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 * ** **Thing**, illustrated by Alison Lester, 1982
 * **Penny Pollard's Diary**, 1983
 * **The Enemies**, 1984
 * **Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left**, 1985
 * **Penny Pollard's Letters**, 1984
 * **Oodoolay**, 1987
 * **Boris and Borsch**, 1990
 * **Barney's Blues**, 1998
 * **The Listmake**r, 1998
 * **Penny Pollard's Scrapbook**, 1999
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 * * 1978 - Special mention, Critici in Erba Prize at Bologna for //The Giraffe in Pepperell Street//
 * 1989 - Human Rights Literature and Awards
 * 1991 - Canberra’s Own Outstanding List (COOL), Fiction for Older Readers Award]] for //People Might Hear You//
 * 1992 - Canberra’s Own Outstanding List (COOL), Fiction for Older Readers Award]] for //Came Back To Show You I Could Fly// ||
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 * ^  || **//Hating Alison Ashley//** has become a play, directed by Richard Tulloch, and a film, //Hating Alison Ashley// by Geoff Bennett with Delta Goodrem in the title role. ||
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 115%;"> Several of her books have been short-listed for the Australian Children's Book of the Year Award, ||^  ||
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 115%;"> Robin Klein has now had more than forty books published. ||^  ||
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