Bologna Catalogue 2012 - Australian Publishers Association

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Boori Monty Pryor was born in North Queensland.
His father is from the Birrigubba of the Bowen
region and his mother from Yarrabah (near Cairns),
a descendant of the Kungganji and Kukuimudji.
Boori has worked in film, television, sport, music
and theatre-in-education. Boori’s picture book
Shake a Leg with illustrator Jan Ormerod won the
2011 Prime Minister’s Literary Award.
Alison Lester is a popular and best-selling writer
and illustrator of children’s books, and has won
many awards, including the Children’s Book
Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year Award
for Thing by Robin Klein (OUP), and Are We There
Yet? (Penguin).
As the Children’s Laureates for 2012 and 2013, Alison and Boori will act as national and
international ambassadors for Australian children’s literature and will separately visit every state
and territory in Australia inspiring young people to tell their own stories and be part of an active
literary culture for enjoyment, wellbeing and success in life.
Each will be engaged in their own Laureate Project over the two years, and you can follow their
progress on the Children’s Laureate website, www.childrenslaureate.org.au.
This prestigious national honour is the culmination of the work by the Australian Children’s
Literature Alliance (ACLA) to promote the transformational power of reading, creativity and story in
the lives of young Australians.
www.childrenslaureate.org.au