  Libby Gleeson is a popular and highly acclaimed writer of picture books and longer fiction for young people.
Eleanor, Elizabeth; I Am Susannah; Dodger; Love Me, Love Me Not; and Refuge are titles written for young teenagers. The Hannah series: Skating on Sand; Hannah Plus One; and Hannah and the Tomorrow Room are award-winning junior fiction titles. The Queen of the Universe is published by Omnibus in the Solo imprint.
Libby’s picture books published by Scholastic Press and Omnibus are Big Dog; Where’s Mum?, Mum Goes to Work; Sleeptime; Uncle David; The Princess and the Perfect Dish; The Great Bear; An Ordinary Day; Shutting the Chooks In and most recently Amy & Louis. Libby has been short-listed for the CBC award twelve times and won the award for fiction for younger readers in 1997 with Hannah and the Tomorrow Room. The Great Bear won the BolognaRagazzi in 2000, the first time an Australian title has won this prestigious award. In 2007 Libby won the CBC award Early Childhood category for Amy & Louis.
Awards
Children’s Book Council of Australia: Winner for Early Childhood for Amy & Louis (2007)
Books by Libby Gleeson published by Scholastic include:
- Amy & Louis (2006)
- Making Picture Books (2003)
- Shutting in the Chooks (2003)
- The Rum Rebellion – The Diary of David Bellamy (2002)
- The Great Bear (1999)
- Uncle David (1992)
- Mum Goes to Work (1992)
- Where’s Mum (1992)
- Big Dog (1991)
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