Learn how to write a non-boring family history. Information for Indigenous Australians. I’m currently mentoring adults writing their family history books ‘Complete Your Book in A Year’  and we use Skype or starting to use ZOOM. Prefer Skype. KIngston Libraries Storytime : Librarian Sue Osborne, In Greek, community storyteller  YiaYia from Moreland City Library shares 'There's a, Hippopotamus on our Roof Eating Cake'. She was a director on the board of management of the Australian Society of Authors for 20 years. Hazel left school in Year 11 after her father became ill, working in a bank to support her family while studying nights at Monash part-time over several years. 'Hijabi Girl' co-authored with Ozge Alkan, illustrated by Serena Geddes. Ho! Literary output based on her experience includes Antarctica's Frozen Chosen (a young adult eco-thriller), Antarctic Writer on Ice (her expedition diary), Antarctic Dad (a picture book), Right or Wrong (a play co-written with fellow author Goldie Alexander), Grandma Leaps the Antarctic (an Auslan-signed DVD) and Antarctic Closeup, a National Museum initiative. Later she lectured in children's literature and psychology at Toorak Teachers' College, and the Institute of Early Childhood Development (Now Melbourne University), then became a freelance author-lecturer after the publication of 'General Store' (1977) and the now classic There's a Hippopotamus On Our Roof Eating Cake (1980) which toured nationally with Garry Ginivan productions as 'Hippo Hippo the Musical' (2016). Pre-recorded, live, webinars, zoom, skype, FB video, etc. The best’ reading of ‘There’s a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating cake in 40 years! Education and Children’s Publishing, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hazel_Edwards&oldid=968100743, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, 'Ho!Ho!Ho! Co-written junior book ‘HIjabi Girl’ has a sequel coming ‘Hijabi Girl Plays Footy, Too’ and will be a Larrikin Puppet Musical  after the Pandemic. Hazel's love of reading began at an early age. There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake, Hooray! The Book Muse  40 years of hippo-pot-a-musing. fan who was learning the Greek language by listening to these entertaining readings. I was even asked on social media if he got an OAM on the Queen's Birthday for Outsized Awesome Myth!" E. ed38512 Review Contributor Messages: 54 Reviews: 4 Joined Sep 23, 2018. 2010–12 Astrid Lindgren Children's Literature Award nominations, 2009 ASA Medal (Australian Society of Authors Medal), shortlisted for 2009 Alice Award (Australian Women Writers), Metropolitan Fire Brigade Community Award 1990, 2005 Somerset Ambassador of Literature (Qld), 2005-6 Premier's Reading Challenge Victoria, South Australia and NSW, 2006 National Literacy and Numeracy Champion, Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (ANARE) writer 2001 Humanities Berth, 2011 Long-listed for Children's Book of the Year (, Bronze Medal Book Design Leipzig 1982 for, Curriculum Innovation Excellence Visual Storytelling Project 2005, Youth Literature's Top 150 and in the ABC's most popular titles of all time, Camberwell High Distinguished Alumni CHESS 2020 (camhigh.exstudents.org), This page was last edited on 17 July 2020, at 07:09.