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Meet… Nellie Melba

Meet… Nellie Melba

by Janeen Brian and Claire Murphy
Hardback
Age range: 6 to 9 years old Publication Date: 01/08/2016
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A picture book series about the extraordinary men and women who have shaped Australia's history, including opera star Dame Nellie Melba.

Dame Nellie Melba was Australia's first classical music star. The beauty of her singing was celebrated around the globe. She was appointed Dame Commander, OBE for her enormous fundraising efforts during World War One and today she is commemorated on Australia's hundred dollar banknote. This is the story of how she rose to fame, and how she brought opera to Australians in the city and in the bush.

From Ned Kelly to Banjo Paterson; Captain Cook to Sidney Nolan, the Meet ... series of picture books tells the exciting stories of the men and women who have shaped Australia's history.

ISBN:
9780143780298
9780143780298
Category:
History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage)
Age range:
6 to 9 years old
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-08-2016
Publisher:
Random House Australia
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
32
Dimensions (mm):
289x226x8mm
Weight:
0.35kg
Janeen Brian

At age sixteen Janeen Brian trained as a primary teacher and at eighteen stood in front of her first class of year five students. Her teaching career saw her work in junior primary, primary, drama and as a teacher-librarian.

While raising a family, she began a four-year career with a professional children’s theatre company, both acting and writing. She has also been involved in over 100 television and radio commercials as well as dozens of voiceovers for radio and video. She began dabbling in writing in her thirties.

Since then she has written over 100 books both in trade and education, and in genres ranging from picture books to poetry, short fiction, nonfiction and novels. Janeen is an award-winning author and poet and many of her books have been translated and published overseas.

Claire Murphy

Claire Murphy studied Illustration at Queensland College of Art where she discovered her love of comic art and graphic novels.

She lives in Melbourne with her daughter and husband, where she works as a freelance illustrator. She enjoys collecting vintage brooches and dresses and publishes zines people can have a giggle at.

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