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The journey home by alison lester6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Many of Lester's books have been translated into other languages and taught in universities across Australia. Her childhood on the family cattle farm is apparent as inspiration in many of her books. In her works, Alison Lester injects romance, adventure and imagination into the everyday world of pre-school children - their likes/dislikes, meal-times, getting dressed, playing, shopping, sleeping. Since then, she has continued to illustrate the work of other authors, but has increasingly illustrated her own works. ![]() ![]() In 1985, she published the first work that she had both written and illustrated: Clive Eats Alligators. Lester began illustrating books in the late 1970s, and for much of the early 1980s, she concentrated on illustrating books by other writers such as Robin Klein (especially the Thing series) and June Epstein (especially the Augustus series). She trained as a Secondary Arts and Crafts teacher, with a Higher Diploma in Teaching from Melbourne Teachers' College, and taught for some time. Margaret's in Berwick, Victoria, where she was a boarder. Raised on a farm, she was educated at St. Alison Lester was born at Foster, Victoria. ![]()
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