Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (2007) Winner
Jan Thornhill
ジャン・ソーンシル
Jan Thornhill
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1955 （Sudbury, Ontario, Canada）
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Ontario
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Illustrator
- Active Years
- 1988-2024
- Nominations
- Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration nominee (1988 for The Wildlife ABC, 1989 for The Wildlife 123, 2017 for The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario College of Art | — | — | — | — | Canada |
Ontario College of Art
Country:
Canada
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People | — | 生涯功労賞 | Writers' Trust of Canada | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Norma Fleck Award | I Found a Dead Bird: The Kids’ Guide to the Cycle of Life & Death | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1990 | Ezra Jack Keats International Award for Illustration | The Wildlife 123 | — | UNICEF | 受賞 |
| 2017 | TD Canadian Children's Literature Award | The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk | — | — | 受賞 |
Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People
2015
Category:
生涯功労賞
Organization:
Writers' Trust of Canada
Result:
受賞
Norma Fleck Award
2007
Work:
I Found a Dead Bird: The Kids’ Guide to the Cycle of Life & Death
Result:
受賞
Ezra Jack Keats International Award for Illustration
1990
Work:
The Wildlife 123
Organization:
UNICEF
Result:
受賞
TD Canadian Children's Literature Award
2017
Work:
The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
TD Canadian Children's Literature Award
1 appearances
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Edition 25 (2017) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Wildlife ABC
1988 children's literature, scienceAn ABC book about wildlife
naturewildlife
The Wildlife 123
1989 children's literature, scienceA counting book about wildlife
naturewildlife
I Found a Dead Bird: The Kids’ Guide to the Cycle of Life & Death
2007 children's literature, scienceGuide to the cycle of life and death for kids
deathcycle of life
The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk
2016 children's literatureThe story of the extinct great auk
extinctionenvironment
Bibliography
- The Wildlife ABC (1988)
- The Wildlife 123 (1989)
- A Tree in a Forest (1991)
- Crow & Fox and Other Animal Legends (1993)
- Wild in the City (1996)
- Before & After: A Book of Nature Timescapes (1997)
- Drought (2001)
- Folktails: Animal Legends from Around the World (2007)
- This Is My Planet: The Kids' Guide to Global Warming (2007)
- Who Wants Pizza?: The Kids' Guide to the History, Science and Culture of Food (2010)
- Is This Panama? A Migration Story (2013)
- Kyle Goes Alone (2015)
- The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk (2016)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- educationalillustration-focused
- Recurring Motifs
- natureanimalsscience
Legacy
Canadian writer and illustrator of children's science and nature books, winner of multiple awards including Vicky Metcalf lifetime achievement.