Tania McCartney

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McCartney in Canberra, Australia in April 2023.

Tania McCartney is an Australian author, illustrator, editor and designer. [1]

Contents

Biography

She is perhaps most known for over 65 books for children. She has also written books for adults. [2]

McCartney hosts a podcast called The Happy Book. [3] She is the founder of a book review website, Kids' Book Review. [4] She also founded the 52-Week Illustration Challenge, a Facebook group with thousands of members, which ran from 2014-2018. [5] [6]

She has written for various publications, including The Sydney Morning Herald [7] [8] Tickle the Imagination, [9] Australian Women Online, [10] and Beijing Kids . [11]

Selected works

A Kid's Year series

Evie and Pog series

Plume series

Riley series

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  36. McCartney, Tania (2015). An English year: twelve months in the life of England's kids. Tina Snerling. Wollombi, N.S.W. ISBN   978-1-921966-86-6. OCLC   908389829.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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  39. McCartney, Tania (2015). A Scottish year: twelve months in the life of Scotland's kids. Tina Snerling. Wollombi, N.S.W. ISBN   978-1-921966-87-3. OCLC   908447930.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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  45. McCartney, Tania (2016). A Texas year: twelve months in the life of Texan kids. Tina Snerling. Wollombi, N.S.W. ISBN   978-1-925335-06-4. OCLC   946313318.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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  48. McCartney, Tania (2017). A kiwi year: twelve months in the life of New Zealand's kids. Tina Snerling. Chatswood, NSW, Australia: EK Books. ISBN   978-1-925335-44-6. OCLC   979543463.
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  50. McCartney, Tania (2020). Evie and Pog: Party perfect!. Australia: HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN   978-1-4607-5795-6. OCLC   1141770723.
  51. McCartney, Tania (2020). Take off!. Sydney, NSW: HarperCollins Children's Books. ISBN   978-1-4607-5793-2. OCLC   1137359918.
  52. McCartney, Tania (2020). Puppy Playtime!. Sydney, NSW: HarperCollins Children's Books. ISBN   978-1-4607-5794-9. OCLC   1137360056.
  53. McCartney, Tania (2021). Plume, World Explorer. Richmond, Victoria: Hardie Grant Explore. ISBN   978-1-74117-766-4. OCLC   1232272419.
  54. McCartney, Tania (2022). Plume, Global Nibbler. Richmond, Victoria: Hardie Grant Explore. ISBN   978-1-74358-890-1. OCLC   1344536820.
  55. McCartney, Tania (2022). Plume: global nibbler. Richmond, Victoria: Hardie Grant Explore. ISBN   978-1-74117-767-1. OCLC   1261877473.
  56. McCartney, Tania (2022). Plume, Festival Seeker. Richmond, Victoria: Hardie Grant Explore. ISBN   978-1-74117-790-9. OCLC   1342618923.
  57. McCartney, Tania (2023). Plume, Christmas Elf. Richmond, Victoria: Hardie Grant Explore. ISBN   978-1-74117-792-3. OCLC   1389876443.
  58. McCartney, Tania (2008). Riley and the sleeping dragon. Qovaizi Mo (1st ed.). Canberra: Tania McCartney. ISBN   978-0-9804750-0-5. OCLC   277142004.
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  60. McCartney, Tania (2009). Riley and the dancing lion: a journey around Hong Kong. Kieron Pratt (1st ed.). Woden, A.C.T.: Tania McCartney. ISBN   978-0-9804750-2-9. OCLC   422796500.
  61. McCartney, Tania (2010). Riley and the curious koala: a journey around Sydney. Kieron Pratt (1st ed.). Woden, A.C.T.: T. McCartney. ISBN   978-0-9804750-3-6. OCLC   529650053.
  62. McCartney, Tania (2011). Riley and the grumpy wombat. Kieron Pratt. Ormond, Vic.: Hybrid Publishers. ISBN   978-1-921665-48-6. OCLC   713630695.
  63. McCartney, Tania (2013). Riley and the jumpy kangaroo. Kieron Pratt. Ormond, Vic.: Hybrid Publishers. ISBN   978-1-925000-02-3. OCLC   829056264.