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Kate Walker Book List
CREATIVE WRITING CLASSROOM BOOKLETS
Writing Enrichment – The Basics of Good Creative Writing
Step by Step Stories – 12 Guided Story Exercises
Write Better with Word Images – 12 Guided Story Exercises
PICTURE BOOKS
Marty Moves to the Country
– Methuen, Australia 1980
The Frog Who Would Be King
– Bookshelf / Scholastic, Australia 1988
– Multimedia International, UK 1989
– Mondo Publishing, USA 1995
King Joe of Bogpeat Castle
– Bookshelf / Scholastic Australia 1988
– Multimedia International, UK 1989
The First Easter Rabbit
– Horwitz Graham, Australia 1989
Our Excursion
– Omnibus / Scholastic, Australia 1994
The Flying Pieman
– Moondrake, Australia 1994
A Pride of Noses
– Houghton Mifflin, USA 1996
JUNIOR BOOKS
The Alien Challenger
– Methuen, Australia 1983
Suzie & the Pencil-case Genie
– Bookshelf / Scholastic, Australia 1988
The Letters of Rosie O’Brien
– Bookshelf / Scholastic, Australia 1988
Also published as Letters of a Convict Girl, Age 11
– Access eBook from this site.
Tales from the Good Land
– Bookshelf / Scholastic, Australia 1989
Burying Aunt Renie
– Thomas Nelson, Australia 1989
The Dragon of Mith
– Allen & Unwin, Australia 1989
– Mondadori, Italy 1991
I Hate Books
– Omnibus / Scholastic, Australia 1995
– Hyeonam Publishing Co, Korea 2003
– Cricket Books, USA 2007
Mitch 2 Sue
– Omnibus / Scholastic, Australia
CHAPTER BOOKS
Elephant’s Lunch
– Omnibus / Scholastic, Australia 1998
Scholastic, UK & Canada 2002
Sticky Stuff
– Omnibus / Scholastic, Australia 2000
Scholastic, UK & Canada 2002
Finicky Fish
– Blake, Australia 2003
The Cranky Old Magician
– Blake, Australia 2005
Lighthouse Lucy
– Blake, Australia 2009
The Beautiful Spurs
– Blake, Australia 2013
YOUNG ADULT BOOKS
Peter
– Omnibus / Scholastic, Australia 1991
– Houghton Mifflin, USA 1993
– Gyldendal, Sweden 1993
– Standaard Uitgeverij, Netherlands 1994
– DTV – Germany 1995
– Zalozba Skuc, Slovenia 2007
Changes & other stories
– Omnibus / Scholastic, Australia 1995
DTV, Germany as Bingo, Heute passiert’s! 1998
& as Als Mum die Tankstelle überfiel und andere Storys 2002
NONFICTION
Spies & Spying Series (Co-author Elaine Argent)
Spies in History
Super Spies of WWI
Super Spies of WWII
Famous Spy Cases
Spy Gadgets
So You Want to Be a Spy?
-Macmillan Education Australia 2003
Recycle, Reduce, Reuse, Rethink Series
Plastics
Paper
Glass
Steel
Aluminium (Aluminum)
Household Waste
– Macmillan Education Australia 2004
Recycle, Reduce, Reuse, Rethink Series
– Macmillan Education Australia 2007
(Composite of the above 2004 titles in one book)
Recycling Series (Younger Readers)
Plastic Bottles and Bags
Paper
Glass
Metal Cans
Clothing
Food and Garden Waste
– Macmillan Education Australia 2009
Investigating Earth Series
Rocks
Soil
Water
Plants
Air
Weather
– Macmillan Education Australia 2011
Farming in Colonial Australia
– Macmillan Education Australia 2017
Book Awards
Marty Moves to the Country 1981
Highly Commended – Picture Book Section
Australian Children’s Book of the Year
The Dragon of Mith
1990 Honour Book (Highly Commended) – Junior Section
Australian Children’s Book of the Year
Peter
Honour Book (Highly Commended) – Young Adult Section
1991 Australian Children’s Book of the Year
1991 Shortlisted in NSW Premier’s Lit Award
1991 “ South Australian Lit Award
1992 “ Talking Book of the Year Award
1991 Highly Commended Australian Human Rights Awards
Selected for three American Library Assoc.’s Best Book Lists|
1994 Notable Books of the Year
Best Books for Young Adults
Best Books for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
Our Excursion
1995 Shortlisted Picture Book Section
Australian Children’s Book of the Year
Changes & other stories
1996 Eselsohr Award – Germany
I Hate Books
I997 Shortlisted Junior Section
Australian Children’s Book of the Year
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Shortlisted Young Australian’s Best Book Award
Recycling (Younger Readers 6 Bk Series)
2009 Shortlisted – Primary Library Book Section
APA Australian Educational Publishing Awards
The Rascal Horse of Rumpsford
2012 First Place – Write a Story Poem Competition
FanStory USA
Short Story Awards
Australian National Literary Awards – Writing for Children Section
1990 Commended
1991 Second Place
Maryborough Golden Wattle Literature Awards (Adults)
1990 Winner
Eaglehawk Arts Festival Short Story Award (Adults)
1990 Second
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katewalkeraustralia 
Hello Kate. I’m a relief teacher in Port Lincoln South Australia. Today I was given the task of reading Changes. Wow. What a great story. I read it aloud to a class of year 9 students and there were moments where they were really transfixed. One girl was in tears. I gave the reading my best. Screamed when Mum did, yelled when Dad did. I loved your story and would like to share it with my literacy class at the local prison. Think there is a lot there that they can relate to. So, thanks and please keep writing. Now I have found you, I’m going to keep searching for your works. Regards, Kellie
Dear Kelly,
How very kind of you to take the time to let me know about your experience with my story ‘Changes’. It was written quite some time ago. I’m glad it’s still being used and that young readers find it relevant. The story is based on a young person who lived not far from me. I could see the struggles she was going through trying to find purpose and strength inside a family where the adults were alas defeated. You’ll be happy to know she made it and today is involved in work similar to your own. I haven’t published a great deal for YAs. Just that collection, “Changes and other stories’ and the novels ‘Peter’ & “No Bullies, No Way”. But I’m not finished yet.
My best wishes to you and your students, Kate