Katrina Germein

Katrina Germein is an Australian picture book author and early childhood educator. In 1997, while working in a remote Aboriginal community as a teacher, Germein wrote her first two picture books about her experiences. By 2023 Germein had written over 20 picture books, with some published internationally.

Awards

Won - Notable 2000 CBCA Book of The Year Award Longlist: Early Childhood for Big Rain Coming Won - Notable 2001 CBCA Book of The Year Award Longlist: Early Childhood for Leaving Won - Notable 2010 CBCA Book of The Year Award Longlist: Early Childhood for Baby Gets Dressed Highly Commended - 2011 Prime Minister's Literary Awards, and shortlisted in the REAL Awards, Koala Awards, Cool Awards & Yabba Awards for My Dad Thinks He's Funny Shortlisted - Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards, 2014 for My Dad Still Thinks He’s Funny and My Mum Says the Strangest Things Won - Notable 2016 CBCA Book of The Year Award Longlist: Early Childhood for Thunderstorm Dancing Shortlisted - Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards, 2016 for Baby Dance Won - Speech Pathology Book of the Year Award 2019 for Let's Go Strolling by Katrina Germein and Danny Snell Shortlisted - Speech Pathology Book of the Year Award 2022 for Before You Were Born Shortlisted - Speech Pathology Book of the Year Award 2023 for My Dad Thinks He's a Pirate, Wonderful Wasps and Baby Lou Won - SCBWI Crystal Kite Award 2023 and Honour book in CBCA Book of the Year Award: Early Childhood for Bev & Kev Won - Notable 2024 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Longlist: Early Childhood for One Little Duck Shortlisted - CBCA Book of the Year Awards: Early Childhood, 2024 and Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards for One Little Duck

Works Children's books

Big Rain Coming (1999), illustrated by Bronwyn Bancroft Leaving (2000), illustrated by Bronwyn Bancroft Baby Gets Dressed (2009), illustrated by Sascha Hutchinson My Dad Thinks He's Funny (2010), illustrated by Tom Jellett Littledog (2011), illustrated by Tamsin Ainslie My Dad Still Thinks He's Funny (2013), illustrated by Tom Jellett Somebody's House (2013), illustrated by Anthea Stead My Mum Says the Strangest Things (2014), illustrated by Tom Jellett Thunderstorm Dancing (2015), illustrated by Judy Watson Baby Dance (2016), illustrated by Doris Chang Great Goal! Marvellous Mark! (2017), illustrated by Janine Dawson Let's Go Strolling (2018), illustrated by Danny Snell Shoo You Crocodile! (2019), illustrated by Tom Jellett My Dad Thinks He's Super Funny (2020), illustrated by Tom Jellett Tell 'Em (2020), written with Rosemary Sullivan and children from Manyallaluk School, illustrated by Karen Briggs Before You Were Born (2021), illustrated by Helene Magisson Bev & Kev (2022), illustrated by Mandy Foot My Dad Thinks He's a Pirate (2022), illustrated by Tom Jellett Baby Lou (2022), illustrated by Karen Blair One Little Duck (2023), illustrated by Danny Snell Little Book Baby (2024), illustrated by Cheryl Orsini My Dad Thinks He's a Scream (2024), illustrated by Tom Jellett Non-Fiction

Wonderful Wasps (2022), illustrated by Suzanne Houghton Fabulous Frogs (2024), illustrated by Suzanne Houghton