Alison Lester AM was born in Foster, Victoria. She has always had a love of the sea and the farming life. This love is shown through her delightful artwork and many of the books that she has written.
Alison wrote her first book, Clive Eats Alligators in 1985. This book received a Commendation in the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Picture Book of the Year category. Alison went to write a series around seven much loved characters: Clive, Ernie, Rosie, Tessa, Celeste and Frank. She has received many awards for her writing and illustrations. In 2011 Alison Lester was the Australian Children’s Laureate.
The National Centre holds a significant number of Alison Lester’s titles in English and in other languages. To make an appointment to view Alison’s artwork, please contact us.
- ABC Book of Nursery Rhymes
- Alice and Aldo
- Alison Lester’s Wonderful World
- Baby Days
- Big Dipper
- Big Dipper Returns
- Big Dipper Rides Again
- Birk the Berserker
- Celeste Sails to Spain
- Clive Eats Alligators
- Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo
- The Goblins (modern Greek)
- Hello Little Babies
- A First Australian Poetry Book
- I’m Green and I’m Grumpy
- Imagine
- Isabella’s Bed
- The Journey Home
- Jumpety-bumpety-hop-and-go-one A Collection of Songs and Rhymes
- The Kids Calendar 1984
- Kissed by the Moon
- Magic Beach
- My Dog Bigsy
- My Farm
- Night – Night!
- Noni the Pony
- Noni the Pony Goes to the Beach
- Noni the Pony Rescues a Joey
- One Small Island
- Rosie Sips Spiders
- Ruby
- Running with the Horses
- School Magazine 1984
- A Second Australian Poetry Book
- Second Chance Women returning to Study
- Sing Me the Summer written by Jane Godwin
- Sophie Scott Goes South
- Summer
- Tessa Snaps Snakes
- The Painted Ponies
- Thing
- Thing Finds a Job
- Thing’s Birthday
- Thing’s Concert
- Thingitis
- Thingnapped
- Tricky’s Bad Day
- The Very Noisy Baby
- Yikes!
Posted by: NCACL | Published: 27 Jul 2023
