Mike Dumbleton
Author's name:
Mike Dumbleton
Author description:
Mike Dumbleton is a Literacy Consultant, currently working in New York, and a writer with many educational and children’s books to his credit. Seven of his picture books have been selected as 'Notable Books' by the Australian Children's Book Council and Passing On, was shortlisted for the 2002 Book of the Year Awards. Mike’s picture book Muddled-up Farm was selected as ‘Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year 2003’ and as the ‘National Simultaneous Storytime book for 2004’. Mike’s picture book Cat was a CBCA Honour book for 2008 and his latest picture book What Will Baby Do? was selected as the Victorian Libraries Young Readers Program gift book for 2010.
Latest book:
What Will Baby Do?
Working Title Press, Adelaide, 2009
What will Baby do? Turn the pages to find out! A book to enchant all babies, from the team that created the award-winning picture book Cat.
Sample bibliography:
Jet-board
Era Publications, Adelaide, 2009
Jet-ball
Era Publications, Adelaide, 2008
Cat
Working Title Press & Kane/Miller Publishers, USA, Adelaide & California, USA, 2007
You Must Be Joking
Working Title Press, Adelaide, 2007
Watch Out For Jamie Joel
Allen & Unwin, Melbourne, 2003
Genres:
Middle childhood, Picture book, Young adult fiction
Web site:
www.mikedumbleton.cjb.net
Contact literary agent:
Jenny Darling & Associates Pty Ltd
Email: jda@jd-associates.com.au
Phone: 61 (0) 3 9827 3883
Address: PO Box 413, Toorak, Victoria, Australia 3142
The SA Writers' Centre is assisted by the South Australian Government through Arts SA, and the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory bodies.