Janeen Brian facts for kids

Janeen Brian (born 1948) is a South Australian writer of children's books. A primary school teacher prior to 1990, when she started writing full time, she published her 100th book in September, 2016.

Brian's work for middle school children Yong: The Journey of an Unworthy Son has been adapted to a stage production by Monkey Baa Theatre Company, with shows in regional Victoria and the Sydney Opera House.

Awards

• Pilawuk-When I Was Young won a CBCA Eve Pownall Honour Award 1997.
• Where Does Thursday Go? won a CBCA Honour Book 2002: Early Childhood for ages 2-6.
• Hoosh! Camels in Australia shortlisted in the CBCA Eve Pownall Award 2006.
• Look, Baby! won the 2021 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year for Birth to three years.

Works

Children's books

• Pilawuk-When I Was Young (1996) Era Publications ISBN: 1-86374-256-5
• Where Does Thursday Go? (2001) Scholastic Australia ISBN: 1-876289-51-1
• Hoosh! Camels in Australia (2006) ABC Books ISBN: 978-0-7333-1504-6
• Oddball (2008) Walker Books ISBN: 978-1-921150-56-2
• That Boy, Jack (2013) Walker Books Australia ISBN: 978-1-922179-00-5
• I'm A Dirty Dinosaur (2013) Penguin Books ISBN: 978-0-670-07615-4
• I’m A Hungry Dinosaur (2015) Penguin Books ISBN: 978-0-670-07810-3
• Yong Journey of an Unworthy Son (2016) Walker Books Australia ISBN: 978-1-925126-29-7
• Eloise and the Bucket of Stars (2020) Walker Books Australia ISBN: 978-1-76065-187-9
• The Fix-it Princess (2023) Walker Books Australia ISBN: 978-1-76065-482-5