Diary of a Wombat - Misplaced Pages

2002 picture book by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley

Diary of a Wombat
The cover of Diary of a Wombat, illustrated by Bruce Whatley.
Author	Jackie French
Illustrator	Bruce Whatley
Cover artist	Bruce Whatley
Language	English
Series	Shaggy Gully books
Genre	Children's picture book
Publisher	Clarion Books
Publication date	2002
Publication place	Australia
Followed by	Pete the Sheep

Diary of a Wombat is a 2002 award-winning picture book written by Jackie French and illustrated by Bruce Whatley. It is the first in the Shaggy Gully books, and is one of the most popular of French's works.

Shaggy Gully books

Diary of a Wombat (2002)
Pete the Sheep (2004), published as Pete the Sheep-Sheep in the US
Josephine Wants to Dance (2006), published as Josephine Loves to Dance in the US
The Shaggy Gully Times (2007)
Emily and the Big Bad Bunyip (2008)
Baby Wombat's Week (2009)
Christmas Wombat (2011)

Awards

Won - American Library Association Notable Children's Book
Won - Canberra's Own Outstanding List Award for Best Picture Book (2003)
Won - Young Australian Readers' Award (2003)
Won - Kids Own Australian Literature Award: Best Picture Book (2003)
Won - ABA/A A Neilson Book of the Year (2003)
Won - Benjamin Franklin Award, United States (2004)
Won - Lemmee Award, United States (2004)
Won - KIND Award, United States (2004)
Won - Kids' Reading Oz Choice Award (2007)
Won - Books I Love Best Yearly Award (2008)
Honour - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book (2003)
Shortlisted - Young Australian Best Book Award (2003)
Shortlisted - Australian Publisher's Association Book Design Awards for Best Designed Children's Picture Book (2003)
Shortlisted - Galley Club Award, Picture Book category of the Children's Choice Book Awards (2003)
Shortlisted - Books I Love Best Yearly Award (2004)
Shortlisted - Book Sense Book of the Year Award: Children's Illustrated Book (2004)
Shortlisted - Books I Love Best Yearly Award (2007)
Voted Favourite Picture Book of the Year in the Cuffie Awards in the USA
Tied with Diary of a Worm for Funniest Book in the Cuffie Awards in the United States (2003)
Number two on the 'Best 20 picture books for 2003' in the United States (2003)

References

External links

Author's official site

Works by Jackie French

Picture books

Diary of a Wombat (2002)
Pete the Sheep (2004)

Junior fiction

Short story collections	Rain Stones (1991)
Historical fiction	Somewhere Around the Corner (1994) Hitler's Daughter (1999) The White Ship (2002) They Came on Viking Ships (2005)

Junior non-fiction

Fair Dinkum Histories
To the Moon and Back (2004)

Teen and young adult fiction

Dark Wind Blowing (2001)

v t e Canberra's Own Outstanding List: Picture Book Award
1993-1999	Window by Jeannie Baker (1993) Possum Magic by Mem Fox (1994) Toby by Margaret Wild (1995) Billy the Punk by Jessica Carroll (1996) Billy the Punk by Jessica Carroll (1997) The Midnight Gang by Margaret Wild (1998) Grandad's Teeth by Rod Clement (1999)
2000-2009	Bamboozled by David Legge (2000) Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French (2003) Mr McGee and the Biting Flea by Pamela Allen (2004) Mutt Dog! by Stephen Michael King (2005) Dougal the Garbage Dump Bear by Matt Dray (2006) Annie's Chair by Deborah Niland (2007) Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox (2008) Jungle Drums by Graeme Base (2009)
2010-present	Fearless by Colin Thompson (2010) Mr Chicken Goes to Paris by Leigh Hobbs (2011)
Fiction for Younger Readers Award (1991-present) Fiction for Older Readers Award (1991-present)

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