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Merrion Frances "Mem" Fox, AM (born Merrion Frances Partridge on 5 March 1946) is an Australian writer of children's books and an educationalist specialising in literacy. [1]

45 relations: Adelaide, Australian Family Association, Australian Labor Party, Bulawayo, Centenary Medal, Chloë Fox, COOL Award, Cynthia Zarin, Dromkeen Medal, Early childhood education, Education, Flinders University, Guess What?, Harriet, You'll Drive Me Wild!, Helen Oxenbury, Jane Dyer, Judy Horacek, Kerry Argent, Kilmeny Niland, List of Archibald Prize 2004 finalists, List of most commonly challenged books in the United States, Literacy, Marla Frazee, Melbourne, Nan Chauncy Award, National Centre for Australian Children's Literature, New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Order of Australia, Patricia Mullins, Possum Magic, Radio National, Reading Magic, Sleepy Bears, South Australia, South Australian House of Assembly, Southern Rhodesia, Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes, The New Yorker, The Sun-Herald, Time for Bed (Fox book), Tough Boris, University of Wollongong, Where Is the Green Sheep?, Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, Wombat Divine.

Adelaide

Adelaide is the capital city of the state of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city of Australia.

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Australian Family Association

The Australian Family Association (AFA) is a conservative political organisation with the stated aim of "supporting and strengthening traditional family values".

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Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party (ALP, also Labor, was Labour before 1912) is a political party in Australia.

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Bulawayo

Bulawayo is the second-largest city in Zimbabwe after the capital Harare, with, as of the ever disputed 2012 census, a population of 653,337 while Bulawayo Municipal records indicate a population of 1,200,750.

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Centenary Medal

The Centenary Medal is an award created by the Australian Government in 2001.

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Chloë Fox

Chloë Catienne Fox (born 22 February 1971) is an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Bright from 2006 to 2014 for the Australian Labor Party.

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COOL Award

The COOL Awards is an annual children's choice award voted on by students in Canberra, the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

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Cynthia Zarin

Cynthia Zarin (born 1959) is an American poet, and magazine editor.

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Dromkeen Medal

The Dromkeen Medal is a literary prize awarded annually by the Courtney Oldmeadow Children's Literature Foundation for those who have advanced children's literature in Australia.

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Early childhood education

Early childhood education (ECE; also nursery education) is a branch of education theory which relates to the teaching of older children (formally and informally) up until the age of about eighteen (birth to Grade 2).

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Education

Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits.

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Flinders University

Flinders University is a public university in Adelaide, South Australia.

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Guess What?

Guess What? is a picture book for children, written by Mem Fox and illustrated by Vivienne Goodman, about an old woman, with various witchlike qualities.

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Harriet, You'll Drive Me Wild!

Harriet, You'll Drive Me Wild! is a 2000 Children's picture book by Mem Fox and Marla Frazee.

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Helen Oxenbury

Helen Gillian Oxenbury (born 1938) is an English illustrator and writer of children's picture books.

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Jane Dyer

Jane Dyer (born 1949) is an American author and illustrator of more than fifty books, including Amy Krouse Rosenthal's Cookies series and Jeanne Birdsall's Lucky and Squash.

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Judy Horacek

Judy Horacek (born 12 November 1961) is an Australian cartoonist, artist, writer and children's book creator.

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Kerry Argent

Kerry Argent (born 1960) is an Australian Illustrator of children's books.

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Kilmeny Niland

Kilmeny Niland (1950–2009) was an Australian artist and illustrator.

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List of Archibald Prize 2004 finalists

This is a list of finalists for the 2004 Archibald Prize for portraiture (listed is Artist – Title).

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List of most commonly challenged books in the United States

A challenged book is one that is sought to be removed or otherwise restricted from public access, typically from a library or a school curriculum.

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Literacy

Literacy is traditionally meant as the ability to read and write.

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Marla Frazee

Marla Frazee (born January 16, 1958) is an American author and illustrator of children's literature.

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Melbourne

Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Nan Chauncy Award

The Nan Chauncy Award is an Australian Children's literature award.

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National Centre for Australian Children's Literature

The National Centre for Australian Children's Literature, formerly known as the Lu Rees Archives, is a not-for-profit study and research centre housed at the University of Canberra Library.

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New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards

The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, also known as the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, were first awarded in 1979.

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Order of Australia

The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, to recognise Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or meritorious service.

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Patricia Mullins

Patricia Mullins (born 1952) is an award-winning children's book illustrator.

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Possum Magic

Possum Magic is a picture book by Australian author Mem Fox.

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Radio National

ABC Radio National, known on-air as RN, is an Australia-wide Public Service Broadcasting radio network run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Reading Magic

Reading Magic: How your child can learn to read before school - and other read-aloud miracles is a 2001 book by Mem Fox.

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Sleepy Bears

Sleepy Bears is a 1999 Children's picture book by Mem Fox.

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South Australia

South Australia (abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia.

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South Australian House of Assembly

The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia.

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Southern Rhodesia

The Colony of Southern Rhodesia was a self-governing British Crown colony in southern Africa from 1923 to 1980, the predecessor state of modern Zimbabwe.

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Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes is a 2008 children's picture book by Mem Fox and Helen Oxenbury.

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The New Yorker

The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.

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The Sun-Herald

The Sun-Herald is an Australian newspaper published in tabloid or compact format on Sundays in Sydney by Fairfax Media.

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Time for Bed (Fox book)

Time for Bed is a 1993 Children's picture book by Mem Fox.

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Tough Boris

Tough Boris is a 1994 Children's picture book by Mem Fox.

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University of Wollongong

The University of Wollongong (abbreviated as UOW) is an Australian public research university located in the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, approximately 80 kilometres south of Sydney.

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Where Is the Green Sheep?

Where Is the Green Sheep? is a children's picture book by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek.

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Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge is a 1984 Children's picture book by Mem Fox.

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Wombat Divine

Wombat Divine is a 1995 Christmas-themed children's fiction book written by Australian author Mem Fox and illustrated by Kerry Argent.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mem_Fox

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