Good news for author-illustrator Lynley Dodd: she's won the 2006 Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-loved Book, for the thirty-year-old The Nickle Nackle Tree, the first book Dodd both wrote and illustrated.
The Gaelyn Gordon Award is given annually by the Storylines Children’s Literature Foundation, in memory of the late Hamilton writer Gaelyn Gordon. It's to recognise books that were unheralded at the time of publication, but have remained in print and grown to become favourites with readers.
Dodd is no stranger to awards, and her characters Hairy Maclary, Slinky Malinky and Schnitzel von Krumm need no introduction. Her books have been regular award winners in New Zealand and are widely published in America, Australia and elsewhere.
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Comment by maggie ~ February 3, 2006 9:55 PM
I love Snitzel-crumb with a very low tum - but actually (as always) I wanted to say something else.
Just recieved NZSA newsletter and hear that Orhan Pamuk has had charges of "treason" or whatever dropped - having just returned from Turkey (yes I know, I know) - where no-one would defend him (I conducted an unofficial survey enroute) - and having read "Memories of a City" which is so worth reading if travelling to Istanbul - I am delighted to know reason has over-ruled treason. Freedom of Speech and all that (quite topical at the moment). On that note. And yes, I read all of Lynley Dodd to my now adult sons....
Comment by maggie ~ February 8, 2006 2:54 PM
Oh whoops...Schnitzel von Krumm...apologies to Lynley and to Schnitzel -
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