|
Year |
Awards |
1989 |
Australian Young Readers' Award – Highest Ranked Australian Author |
1990 |
AWGIE - Australian Writers Guild Children’s Adaptation (TV) Round the Twist. |
1993 |
AWGIE - Australian Writers’ Guild - Best Children's Adaption (TV) Round the Twist Episode 5 |
1993 |
ABPA Joyce Nicholson Award - Spooner or Later - winner best designed children’s book of the year |
1993 |
Angus & Robertson Bookworld Award - Children's Literary Medal - 'Best Selling Author' and 'Most Valued Author' |
1994 |
Prix Jeunesse Award - Winner Round the Twist, Television Series |
1994 |
Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature Picture Book - The Fisherman and the Theefyspray (shared with Jane Tanner) |
1995 |
Order of Australia (AM) – Appointed Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Honours List for service to children's literature. |
1996 |
Australian Publishers Association – APA People’s Choice Award |
1998 |
Dymocks – Children’s Choice Award |
1998 |
Christian Schools' Book Award |
1999 |
Queensland Premier's Literary Award – Best Children's Book - Unseen! |
2000 |
Dymocks - Favourite Australian Children’s Author |
2005 |
Children's Language and Literature - Speech Pathology Australia |
2010 |
Fellow of Monash University |
2019 |
Lifetime Achievement Award – Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) |