Sheena Knowles
Australian children's book author
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Sheena Knowles is an Australian author of children's books.
Sheena Knowles | |
|---|---|
| Born | Geelong Victoria |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Occupation | Author |
| Known for | Australia Author of Children books |
Born in Geelong, Victoria, she currently lives in Victoria.[citation needed]
She is the author of the picture book Edward the Emu,[1][2] which was illustrated by Rod Clement, and shortlisted for the 1989 Australian Children's Picture Book of the Year.[3] A companion title, Edwina the Emu, was published in 1997.[4] Edward the Emu was selected as the book read for Australia's 2001 National Simultaneous Storytime.[5] It inspired a musical composition for narrator, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, percussion, and string quartet by Peter Webb.[6] Knowles previously worked for Diversitat, a local non-profit organisation. In the 1980s and 1990s, she worked in advertising.[7]
Selected works
- Knowles, Sheena; Clement, Rod, 1961- (1997), Edwina the emu, Pymble, N.S.W Angus and Robertson, ISBN 978-0-207-18914-2
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Knowles, Sheena; Clement, Rod (2002), Edward and Edwina Emu, Cornstalk Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7322-7720-8
- Knowles, Sheena; Bentley, Jonathan, (illustrator.) (11 May 2022), What a lot of nonsense : a book of animals and anagrams, Angus & Robertson (published 2020), ISBN 978-1-4607-5615-7
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