Margaret Wild

Margaret Wild (* 1948 in Eshowe , South Africa ) is an Australian writer.

Wild grew up in Johannesburg . During and after school she wrote for local newspapers and magazines. In 1972 she moved to Sydney and worked as a journalist and editor for a children's book publisher. She has written over 40 books for children and young people and is one of the best-known Australian authors.

Works

• 1984 Something Absolutely Enormous
• 1984 There's a Sea in My Bedroom
• 1986 Kathy's Umbrella
• 1988 Mr. Nick's Knitting
• 1988 The Diary of Megan Moon (Soon to be Rich and Famous)
• 1990 The Very Best of Friends
  • Children's Book Council of Australia's Picture Book of the Year Award 1990
• 1990 Remember Me
• 1991 Thank you, Santa
• 1991 Let the Celebrations Begin!
• 1992 The Queen's holiday
• 1991 A Bit of Company
• 1992 All the Better to See You With!
• 1992 Beast
• 1992 My Dearest Dinosaur
• 1992 The Slumber Party
• 1992 Space Travelers
• 1993 Going Home
• 1993 Our Granny
• 1993 Toby
• 1993 But Granny Did!
• 1995 Old Pig (1997 The Light in the Leaves, German edition)
• 1996 The Midnight Gang
• 1997 Big Cat Dreaming
• 1998 Rosie and Tortoise (2000: Rosie and Onions, German edition)
• 1998 Miss Lily's Fabulous Pink Feather Boa
• 1998 Bim Bam Boom!
• 1999 First Day
• 1999 Tom Goes to Kindergarten (2001: Paul goes to kindergarten, German edition)
• 1999 Jenny Angel
  • CBC Book of the Year - Picture Book Winner 2000
• 1999 The Midnight Feas
• 2000 The Pocket Dogs
• 2000 Nighty Night!
• 2000 Fox (2003: Fuchs, German edition)
  • German Youth Literature Prize 2004 in the picture book category
• 2001 Jinx (2003: Jinx, German edition)
  • nominated for the Children's Book Council of Australia's Picture Book of the Year Award 2002
  • nominated for the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards 2002
  • LUCHS 201, November 2003
• 2001 The House of Narcissus
• 2001 Midnight Babies
• 2002 Mr Moo
• 2003 One Night (2006: One Night, German edition)
  • Read Peter June 2006
  • Catholic Children's and Young People's Book Prize 2007
• 2003 Kiss, Kiss!
• 2003 Little Humpty
• 2003 Baby Boomsticks
  • Bilby Award Early Readers Award 2006
• 2004 Piglet and Mama
• 2004 Farmer Fred's Cow
• 2005 The Little Crooked House
• 2005 The Bilbies of Bliss
• 2005 Seven More Sleeps
• 2006 Chatterbox
• 2006 Hop, Little Hare!
• 2006 Woolvs in the Sitee
  • Aurealis Award - Children's Book 2006
• 2007 Bobbie Dazzler
• 2007 Ruby Roars
• 2007 Piglet and Papa
• 2008 puffling
• 2008 The Pocket dogs go on holiday
• 2008 Big Red Hen and the Little Lost Egg
• 2008 Baby Bird's Blankie
• 2009 Hush, Hush!
• 2009 Itsy-Bitsy Babies
• 2009 Harry & Hopper (2011 Ben & Bommel, German edition)
• 2009 Piglet and Granny
• 2009 Grandpa Baby
• 2010 No More Kisses!
• 2010 Leo the Littlest Seahorse
• 2010 The Miracle of the Little Wooden Duck
• 2011 The Dream of the Thylacine (2012: The Dream of the Tasmanian Tiger, German edition)
• 2011 Vampyre
• 2012 Tanglewood
• 2013 On the Day You Were Born
• 2013 The Vanishing Moment
• 2013 The Treasure Box
• 2013 Davy and the Duckling
• 2013 This Little Piggy Went Dancing
• 2013 Let's Go to Sleep
• 2014 This Little Piggy Went Singing
• 2014 Lilli Gans takes off
• 2014 The Bush Book Club
• 2015 Bogtrotter (2015 Der Sumpfstapfer, German edition)
• 2015 The Stone Lion
• 2017 The Sloth Who Came to Stay
• 2018 Chalk Boy