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Jill Eggleton in 2010

Jill Ethel Eggleton QSO is a New Zealand children's book author, teacher and education consultant. She received the Margaret Mahy Award in 2015 for Everyone Has A Story. Eggleton has authored over 800 children's books. She was appointed Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO) in the 2010 New Year Honours for services to education and literacy.

Life

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Eggleton trained as a teacher, before developing a literacy programme which she introduced in schools. Her Key Links series sold over 55 million copies.[1] She has authored over 800 children's books;[1] in 2009 alone she wrote 60 books.[2] Eggleton tries out her books on her five grandchildren.[2] With her husband she founded a publishing company to publish her books.[2] As well as writing fiction and non-fiction books, she also works as an educational consultant.[1]

Eggleton received the Margaret Mahy Award in 2015; her lecture was published as Everyone Has A Story.[3] She was appointed Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO) in the 2010 New Year Honours for services to education and literacy.[4] Eggleton lives in Parnell, Auckland.[2]

Publications

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Eggleton's many books for children include:

  • Mrs Pye's Pool, Sunshine Multimedia (Australia) Pty Ltd, Thomastown, Victoria, 2015[5]
  • Big Bubba, Global Education Systems Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, 2016[6]
  • Silly Billy, Global Education Systems Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, 2015[7]
  • A New Bed, Sunshine Multimedia (Australia) Pty Ltd, Thomastown, Victoria, 2015[8]
  • Wake UP Cow, Global Education Systems Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, 2015[9]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Huia | Jill Eggleton". www.huia.co.nz. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Moyes, Sarah (13 January 2010). "Busy writer believes in reading". Stuff. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "Storylines about the organisation and trust". www.storylines.org.nz. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "New Year honours list 2010". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  5. ↑ Eggleton, Jill; Davy, Mary (2015). Mrs Pye's pool. Sunshine books. Level 11. Thomastown, Victoria: Sunshine Multimedia (Australia) Pty Ltd. ISBN 9781927294789. OCLC 904595718.
  6. ↑ Eggleton, Jill; Hoit, Richard; Eggleton, Jill (2016). Big Bubba. JillE books. Auckland, New Zealand: Global Education Systems Ltd. ISBN 9781927307816. OCLC 953235216.
  7. ↑ Eggleton, Jill; Hoit, Richard; Eggleton, Jill (2015). Silly Billy. Bud.e reading. Auckland, New Zealand: Global Ed. ISBN 9781927307014.
  8. ↑ Eggleton, Jill; Van der Voo, Jan (2015). A new bed. Sunshine books. Level 9. Thomastown, Victoria: Sunshine Multimedia (Australia) Pty Ltd. ISBN 9781927294666. OCLC 904595731.
  9. ↑ Eggleton, Jill; Rowe, Cheryl; Eggleton, Jill (2015). Wake up, Cow!. Bud.e reading. Auckland, New Zealand: Global Ed. ISBN 9781927307113.
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