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Jan Thornhill (born 1955 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian writer and illustrator of educational books on science and nature for children.〔"Nature calls author". ''Victoria Times-Colonist'', November 16, 1995.〕 She was the 2015 winner of the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, a lifetime achievement award presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada,〔("André Alexis wins Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize" ). ''The Globe and Mail'', November 3, 2015.〕 and won the Norma Fleck Award in 2007 for her book ''I Found a Dead Bird: The Kids’ Guide to the Cycle of Life & Death''.〔"Hampstead writer wins children's book award". ''Montreal Gazette'', October 17, 2007.〕 A graduate of the Ontario College of Art,〔"Dreams of riches are unfulfilled". ''Calgary Herald'', February 27, 1993.〕 Thornhill has illustrated many but not all of her own works. She won UNICEF's Ezra Jack Yeats International Award for illustration in 1990 for ''The Wildlife 123'',〔"Top illustrator". ''Ottawa Citizen'', November 3, 1990.〕 and has been a two-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration, at the 1988 Governor General's Awards for ''The Wildlife ABC''〔"Short lists for literary awards cause a stir". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 2, 1989.〕 and at the 1989 Governor General's Awards for ''The Wildlife 123''.〔"Who will get to shake Ray Hnatyshyn's hand?". ''Montreal Gazette'', February 10, 1990.〕 She has also published the adult short story collection ''Drought'', which was a shortlisted nominee for the ReLit Awards in 2001,〔"Diary of an accidental judge". ''Vancouver Sun'', May 12, 2001.〕 and has drawn illustrations for general interest magazines including ''The Idler''. ==Works== *''The Wildlife ABC'' (1988) *''The Wildlife 123'' (1989) *''A Tree in a Forest'' (1991) *''Crow & Fox and Other Animal Legends'' (1993) *''Wild in the City'' (1996) *''Before & After: A Book of Nature Timescapes'' (1997) *''Drought'' (2001) *''Folktails: Animal Legends from Around the World'' (2007) *''This Is My Planet: The Kids' Guide to Global Warming'' (2007) *''Who Wants Pizza?: The Kids' Guide to the History, Science and Culture of Food'' (2010) *''Is This Panama? A Migration Story'' (2013) *''Kyle Goes Alone'' (2015) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jan Thornhill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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