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Jean Chapman (1) (1926–2012)

Autor(a) de The Bush Jumper

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Obras por Jean Chapman

The Bush Jumper (1998) 57 exemplares
Velvet Paws and Whiskers (1979) 25 exemplares
The Sugar-Plum Christmas Book (1977) 23 exemplares
Pancakes and Painted Eggs (1981) 22 exemplares
Opera House Mouse (1999) 22 exemplares
BLUE GUM ARK (1988) 20 exemplares
Wombat (1970) 11 exemplares
A day with May Gibbs at Nutcote (1993) 9 exemplares
Haunts and Taunts (1983) 9 exemplares
GREENER THAN AN EMERALD (1993) 7 exemplares
The wish cat (1965) 7 exemplares
Cockatoo Soup (1987) 6 exemplares
Boss cat (Language works) (1984) 6 exemplares
The Stolen Pumpkin (1987) 6 exemplares
Moon-Eyes (1978) 6 exemplares
Sandy the cane train (1977) 5 exemplares
koala's tail (1984) 4 exemplares
TELL ME A TALE (1974) 4 exemplares
Pine Cone Possum (1981) 4 exemplares
Ali Baba and the forty thieves (1997) 3 exemplares
Supermarket Thursday (1986) 3 exemplares
Mostly me (1989) 2 exemplares
Christmas fun book (1988) 2 exemplares
Winkie (Stoat) (1987) 2 exemplares
The big fib (Lilac star) (1985) 2 exemplares
The Great Candle Scandal (1982) 1 exemplar
Stories to Share (1983) 1 exemplar
My Mum's afraid of lions (1990) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Amazing: more wonderfully weird stories (1989) — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares
Weird : twelve incredible tales (1990) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome legal
Lycett Chapman, Jean Erica Sherlock
Data de nascimento
1926-02-15
Data de falecimento
2012-06-26
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
Australia
Local de nascimento
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Local de falecimento
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Locais de residência
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Educação
Forth Street School
Ocupações
children's book author
Relações
Chapman, Max (husband)

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Jean Erica Sherlock Lycett was born on February 15, 1926 in Sydney, the youngest of the three daughters of George Lycett and his wife, Margaret (nee MacLean). She went to Fort Street girls school on Observatory Hill, and had her first story, about a sick cow, published in the children's section of a Sunday newspaper when she was only 12.

After finishing high school, she went to business college to learn touch typing, which was useful when she became a writer. Then she enrolled in the National Art School.

She met Max Chapman on a blind date and they were married after World War II. They scrimped and saved to buy a block of land in Seaforth, where they built a house.

Chapman wrote ceaselessly, and her writing career took off when she began writing for the ABC's Kindergarten of the Air.

Her imaginative stories were so successful that Chapman was offered a place at the ABC's scriptwriting school, graduating in 1960, when she began working on Playschool, Let's Join In and Kindergarten of the Air. She was a scriptwriter for the ABC's children's programs for 25 years.

Chapman also began approaching children's publishers. Some early successes were followed by a long-standing association with Hodder & Stoughton (Australia). In the 1970s, it published Tell Me A Tale, a collection of stories, rhymes, songs and activities illustrated by Deborah and Kilmeny Niland, the twin daughters of the authors Ruth Park and D'Arcy Niland.

The hugely successful book was followed by Tell Me Another Tale and themed collections such as Pancakes and Painted Eggs and the Sugar Plum Christmas Book.

Chapman published 63 books in total and won several awards for children's literature.

Children and children's books were Chapman's life's work. She frequently visited schools and libraries to speak to her readers. She was a tireless worker for the Children's Book Council of Australia's NSW branch, was made a life member and was awarded the council's Lady Cutler Award for her contribution to children's literature.

She was also a member of the group that fought and won the battle to save Nutcote, the home of her fellow children's author, May Gibbs, in Neutral Bay.

In addition to her busy life as a writer, Chapman supported Max in his passion for veteran cars. They frequently travelled together on motoring trips and were active in the Veteran Car Club.

The pair travelled the world and she always had to visit children's book sites, including Hans Christian Andersen's house in Denmark and Beatrix Potter's house in England.

Jean Chapman is survived by Max, their children Gregory and Louise, three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Her seventh great-grandchild is due in October and Chapman had already knitted and sewn pieces for the baby's layette.

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Estatísticas

Obras
39
Also by
2
Membros
329
Popularidade
#72,116
Avaliação
3.8
ISBN
158
Línguas
1
Marcado como favorito
1

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