Jackie French

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born

November 29, 1953 in Sydney, Australia

gender

female

website

http://www.jackiefrench.com/

genre

Children's Books, Home & Garden

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Jacqueline Anne Ffrench, ( Lastname spelt double F) is an award-winning Australian author of children's fiction and books on gardening.

Jackie French was born in Sydney and grew up in Brisbane, but moved to the bush in her early twenties. She is a keen gardener and appeared on the TV series Burke's Backyard. She has written well over a hundred books. Jackie lives in New South Wales, near the small town of Braidwood at Araluen. She began writing when she was 30, in a desperate attempt to get enough money together to register her car. At the time, she was living in a tin shed with a black snake named Gladys and a wombat named Smudge. A hundred and thirty-two books later, she is still writing. She can rightly be called Australia's most popular...more

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Books by Jackie French

Average rating: 3.90 · 4,140 ratings · 675 reviews · 133 distinct works

	Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French, Bruce Whatley (Illustrator) 4.35 avg rating — 1,060 ratings — published 2002 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Hitler's Daughter 3.52 avg rating — 514 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions	My rating:
	A Rose for the Anzac Boys 4.03 avg rating — 245 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Diary of a BABY Wombat by Jackie French, Bruce Whatley (Illustrator) 3.87 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	My rating:
	They Came on Viking Ships 3.93 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	My rating:
	A Waltz for Matilda 4.22 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Josephine Wants to Dance by Jackie French, Bruce Whatley (Illustrator) 3.89 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Too Many Pears! by Jackie French, Bruce Whatley (Illustrator) 3.88 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	My rating:
	How to Scratch a Wombat: Where to Find It . . . What to Feed It . . . Why It Sleeps All Day by Jackie French, Bruce Whatley (illustrator) 3.94 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Rover 3.91 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Series by Jackie French

Outlands Trilogy (3 books)
by Jackie French

3.69 avg rating — 100 ratings

Animal Stars (5 books)
by Jackie French

3.84 avg rating — 75 ratings

Phredde (2 books)
by Jackie French

3.90 avg rating — 62 ratings

Fair Dinkum Histories (8 books)
by Jackie French, Peter Sheehan (Illustrator)

3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings

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Quotes by Jackie French

“Morning: Slept.
Afternoon: Slept.
Evening: Ate grass.
Night: Ate grass. Decided grass is boring.
Scratched. Hard to reach the itchy bits.
Slept.”
― Jackie French, Diary of a Wombat

tags: diary , wombat

12 people liked it

“Books aren't like broccoli. You don't have to eat it because it's good for you. Books drag you in because they are fascinating.”
― Jackie French

8 people liked it

“Dance, my darling dance! If you dance then death can't catch you! Nothing bad can touch you! Dance!”
― Jackie French, Lady Dance

tags: dancing , death , life

6 people liked it

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