Simon French (1) (1957–)
Author of Where in the World
For other authors named Simon French, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Simon French was born and raised in Australia. He wrote his first novel while still in high school. He has written several novels and picture books, published in Australia and overseas. His work is praised by critics and has won several awards, including the 1987 Children's Book Council of show more Australia Book of the Year Award for All We Know. Change the Locks was an Honour Book in 1992. His most recent novel, Where in the World, won the 2003 NSW Premier¿s Literary Award for Children¿s Literature, and was shortlisted for the 2003 CBCA Book of the Year for Younger Readers, long listed for the 2003 Guardian Children¿s Fiction Prize and nominated to the IBBY Honour List in 2004. In 2015 his title Other Brother was one of four books by Australian authors selected for the United States Board of Books for Young People (USBBY) list of Outstanding International Books for children and young adults. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Birthdate
- 1957
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Australia
- Birthplace
- Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
- Places of residence
- Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
- Education
- Mitchell College of Advanced Education, Bathurst
- Occupations
- primary school teacher
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This story teaches children how to engage in group activities and seeing the viewpoint of other people.
This book works pretty well for visualizing, the students can visualize and draw what they think the teacher would look like as a baby. They can also bring their own baby pictures to school for guessing the baby. I would use this activity in a 1st grade classroom.
After a baby brother visits class, they play guess the baby using their own baby pictures. It all comes down to one...the teacher. Students make the connection that grown ups were babies once also.
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- Works
- 9
- Members
- 344
- Popularity
- #69,365
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 29
- ISBNs
- 78
- Languages
- 2
It is only through the intervention of their joint mysterious friend Julia ( who seems to be hiding a lot of secrets) that Kieran begins to see what a lousy ( other brother) i.e. cousin he really is.
Liked how it was directly from Kieran's point of view and how you could understand him feeling put out by all the sudden changes in his life.
Could be for 5-6 students who are mature enough to understand Kieran's thought processes and what the author is trying to achieve with them.… (more)