Julie Murphy (1) (1965–)
Author of Arachnids
For other authors named Julie Murphy, see the disambiguation page.
Julie Murphy (1) has been aliased into Julie Ann Murphy.
About the Author
Image credit: Julie Murphy
Series
Works by Julie Murphy
Works have been aliased into Julie Ann Murphy.
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1965
- Gender
- female
- Education
- University of Melbourne
- Occupations
- children's book author
- Organizations
- Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
Australian Society of Authors
Children's Book Council of Australia
Copyright Australia - Awards and honors
- Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature shortlist (2019, 2012)
Education Publishing Australia Award (2015)
Australian Geography Teachers Association Award (2014)
Whitley Awards Commendation (2011) - Short biography
- Former zoologist and zookeeper, Julie Murphy writes fiction and non fiction books for children. She often writes about animals and nature.
- Nationality
- Australia
- Places of residence
- Australia
- Associated Place (for map)
- Australia
Members
Reviews
Short text and playful art make this a great one for those with short attention spans to learn about animal adaptation.
Steve Jenkins isn't the only game in town anymore! I learned from this; for example, have you ever heard of the Tripod Fish? The map in the back tells me that this cool critter lives in the Indian Ocean. I'm going to google for more details, because there are no notes or bibliographical resources listed.
This can be played for predictive skills development if one has another picture book or sheet of cardboard for the educator to lay over the right side of each spread (or maybe the first show more time, the little one can line up the cardboard, and mom can be the one to see which ones she recognizes...). show less
This can be played for predictive skills development if one has another picture book or sheet of cardboard for the educator to lay over the right side of each spread (or maybe the first show more time, the little one can line up the cardboard, and mom can be the one to see which ones she recognizes...). show less
Bank Street College (New York) Best STEM Books for Children Under 5 - 2022
Lists
Awards
Statistics
- Works
- 18
- Members
- 99
- Popularity
- #191,537
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 4
- ISBNs
- 325
- Languages
- 12
