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Morris Gleitzman Biography & Facts
Morris Gleitzman (born 9 January 1953) is a British-born Australian author of children's and young adult fiction. He has gained recognition for sparking an interest in AIDS in his controversial novel Two Weeks with the Queen (1990). Gleitzman has co-written many children's series with another Australian children's author, Paul Jennings. One of Gleitzman and Jennings' collaborations, the Wicked! book series, was adapted into an animated series in 2000. Gleitzman has also published three collections of his newspaper columns for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald as books for an adult readership, and he used to write for the popular Norman Gunston Show in the 1970s. His latest book in the Once series, Always, was released in 2021. His is also known for his Toad series of books. In February 2018, Gleitzman was named the Australian Children's Laureate for 2018/2019. Early life Morris was born in the town of Sleaford, Lincolnshire on 9 January 1953. He has one brother and one sister. His dad (Phillip) is an auditor, and his mum (Pamela) was a Bates employee. Morris Gleitzman went to Chislehurst primary school in England. He then attended Sidcup Grammar school in Bexley, England. In 1969 when Morris was 16, he and his family moved to Sydney. In Australia he got a job as a paperboy, bottle-shop shelf-stacker, store Santa Claus, frozen chicken defroster, fashion-design assistant and sugar-mill employee. He went to The University of Canberra. Bibliography After university Morris worked for ten years as a screenwriter. Then he had a wonderful experience, he wrote a novel for young people. Books Awards 1993 BILBY Award (Blabber Mouth) CROW Award (Blabber Mouth) 1994 CROW Award (Sticky Beak) 1997 COOL Award (Belly Flop) 1998 BILBY Award (Bumface) COOL Award (Bumface) KOALA Award (Bumface) YABBA Award (Bumface) 2001 YABBA Award: Older Readers (Toad Rage) 2008 ANTO Cole Award (Toad Rage) 2013 COOL Award (Pizza Cake) 2016 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year: Younger Readers (Soon) References External links Official website Morris Gleitzman, Puffin Books. Discover the Morris Gleitzman popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Morris Gleitzman books.
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Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief
Katrina NannestadAwardwinning writer Katrina Nannestad transports us to Russia and the Great Patriotic War and into the life of Sasha, a soldier at only six years old ...Wood splinters and Mama scr...
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Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt
R.A. SprattFrom the bestselling author and host of the hugely popular Bedtime Stories with R. A. Spratt podcast comes this bumper collection of the show’s most popular stories.Just as the Gri...
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Soon
Morris GleitzmanWinner CBCA Book of the Year Awards 2016Winner YABBA Children's Choice Awards 2016Winner KOALA Children's Choice Awards 2016Shortlisted Indie Book Awards 2016Shortlisted Speec...
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I Am Sasha
Anita SelzerIt is Germanoccupied Poland in 1942 and Jewish lives are at risk. Nazi soldiers order young boys to pull down their trousers to see if they are circumcised. Many are summarily shot...
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Danny Dynamite
Jean UreWhen Billy the Skid and his nasty gang of mountain bikers ride into Bodley Street and ride menacingly up and down, Danny and friends are determined to fight back. They know bullie...
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Cop and Robber
Tristan Bancks"Make sure you start this well before bedtime because you wont want to stop." Morris GleitzmanIf your mum was a cop and your dad was a crim who needed your help to commit a crime, ...
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Astonishingly Good Stories
R.A. SprattFrom R.A. Spratt, bestselling author of Friday Barnes and Shockingly Good Stories, comes this collection of twenty terrific tales perfect for fans of Roald Dahl, David Walliams and...
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The Crew
Bali RaiMeet Ellie, Jas, Della, Will and Billy. They're tough. They're streetsmart. They're the Crew, and they live in what they call the Ghetto the estates round the city centre where ev...
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Shrapnel
Robert SwindellsIt's the height of World War Two. Britain is being ravaged by bombs and most young men are off fighting. Gordon wishes he was too. Maybe then he wouldn't get bullied for ha...
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Nit Boy
Tristan BancksTwo Nit Boy stories in one book, Lift Off and Bug Off! "Nit Boy is a hilariously fun junior fiction novel for fans of silliness and a good giggle. With dashes of mystery and a fast...
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Brain Freeze
Oliver PhommavanhFrom a dog who accidentally becomes the first animal on Mars, a hopeless chess player dealing with his sportsmad dad, and a girl whose dreams are getting too big for her bed,...
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Child I
Steve TasaneA group of undocumented children with letters for names, are stuck living in a refugee camp, with stories to tell but no papers to prove them. As they try to forge a new family amo...
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Agora
Morris GleitzmanFelix é um herói que nos comove pela sua esperança e bondade. Uma história emocionante que não deixará ninguém indiferente.Plano Nacional de LeituraLiteratura 1214 anosFelix, um ó...
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Shockingly Good Stories
R.A. SprattFrom R.A. Spratt, bestselling author of Friday Barnes, comes this collection of twenty short stories perfect for fans of Roald Dahl, David Walliams and Paul Jennings.Featuring frac...
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Darline Dominant
Tania D'alanisWhen Darline Pomeroy engages the submisive young Patrick to be her boymaid, he is made to serve her in many humiliating ways. He must wear women's clothes, paint Darline's nails an...
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Natural Born Loser
Oliver PhommavanhI'm Raymond, and my school is a joke. It's full of bullies and troublemakers.My solution? Be a nobody and fade into the background.But our new principal has blown my cover because ...