Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust of New Zealand | Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki o Aotearoa
Support Us
Login
Register

Profile

Janice Marriott

Janice Marriott is an award-winning children’s writer and lives and works in Auckland. She has written a number of successful children’s books and is also experienced in writing non-fiction. She has been published extensively by Learning Media. A keen gardener, she has applied her gardening acumen, educational experience, and writing skills to produce an attractive introduction to gardening for children.

Janice-Marriott

Selected bibliography:

  • Letters to Lesley (Omnibus/Puffin 1989)
  • Brain Drain (Ashton Scholastic 1993)
  • I’m Not a Compost Heap (HarperCollins 1995)
  • Crossroads (Reed 1995)
  • Hope’s Rainbow (Puffin 1996)
  • Carmen’s Story (Shortland Street Books 1996)
  • Kissing Fish (Puffin 1997)
  • Green Slime Dinner Time [Monster, book one] (HarperCollins 1997)
  • The B4 Battle [Monster, book two] (HarperCollins 1997)
  • The Big Bug Bust [Monster, book three] (HarperCollins 1997)
  • Alien on Wheels [Monster, book four] (HarperCollins 1997)
  • Endurance: Shackleton’s Antarctic Expedition (Learning Media 2000)
  • Yates Gardening for Kids, illustrated by Elena Petrov (HarperCollins 2002)
  • Where is Rubber Duckee?, illustrated by Ali Teo (Water Safety 2002)
  • Growing Things to Eat (HarperCollins 2003)
  • Soldier in the Yellow Socks: Charles Upham, Our Finest Fighting Soldier, illustrated by Bruce Potter (HarperCollins 2006)
  • Thor’s Tale: Endurance and Adventure in the Southern Ocean (HarperCollins 2006)
  • Chute Thru (Mallinson Rendel 2006)
  • Taking Off (HarperCollins 2007)
  • Bute View (Mallinson Rendel 2009)
  • Monstrosity [Monster series in one volume] (HarperCollins 2010)
  • Yates Young Gardener: Get Your Hands Dirty (HarperCollins 2011)

Awards:

  • Esther Glen Award 1994 Shortlist for Brain Drain
  • AIM Children’s Book Awards 1994 Junior Fiction Shortlist for Brain Drain
    Esther Glen Award 1996 for Crossroads
  • AIM Children’s Book Awards 1996 Book of the Year for Crossroads
  • AIM Children’s Book Awards 1996 Senior Fiction Winner for Crossroads
  • University of Otago College of Education Writer in Residence 1997
  • Foxton Fellowship/Beatson Fellowship 2001
  • Esther Glen Award 2007 Shortlist for Thor’s Tale
  • New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards 2007 Junior Fiction Winner for Thor’s Tale
  • New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards 2007 Non-fiction Shortlist for Soldier in the Yellow Socks
  • Storylines Notable Book Awards 2007 Junior Fiction List for Thor’s Tale
  • Storylines Notable Book Awards 2007 Non-fiction List for Soldier in the Yellow Socks
  • Storylines Notable Book Awards 2008 Junior Fiction List for Taking Off
  • Storylines Notable Book Awards 2012 Non-fiction List for Yates Young Gardener: Get Your Hands Dirty
  • Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal 2019

Sign Up

for Storylines e-news and updates

E-News and Updates

Access all the Storylines member benefits, free entry to selected events, reduced entry fees & more...

Become a member

About Us

Storylines Trust Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki and Friends of Storylines Te Pou o Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki together form New Zealand’s only national organisation working year-round to promote New Zealand children’s and young adult literature through activities that include a major national Story Tour to schools, early childhood centres and communities, and awards for writers, illustrators and those who work in the area of New Zealand children’s literature

Website proudly designed and built by Benefitz

Browse

Support Us

Storylines welcomes your support for all its activities and events. Whether as a volunteer or sponsor for annual events or specific activities, your support (large or small) towards helping young New Zealanders love books is greatly appreciated.

Sign Up