Alison Lester

Author of Imagine

94+ Works 3,900 Members 62 Reviews

About the Author

Alison Lester was born on November 17, 1952, in Foster, Victoria, Australia. She received a higher diploma in teaching at The Melbourne Teacher's College, where she trained as a secondary arts and crafts teacher. Before she began writing and illustrating her own books, she worked as an art teacher show more and an illustrator. She is the author and illustrator over 25 picture books. Her first novel, The Quicksand Pony, won an Australian Young Readers Book Award and a Children's Book Council of America (CBCA) Book of the Year Award. Her picture books Clive Eats Alligators and the Journey Home each won a CBCA Picture Book of the Year Award. She was Australia's Inaugural Children's Laureate from 2011-2012. In 2016, she was awarded the Children's Language and Literature Award from the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards and inducted into the Speech Pathology Australia's Book of the Year Hall of Fame. She was awarded the 2016 Dromkeen Medal for her body of work and its contribution to the development of children's literature in Australia. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Series

Bonnie & Sam

Horse Crazy (Lester)

Noni the pony

Viking Kestrel picture books

Works by Alison Lester

Popular Recent

Imagine (1989) 466 copies, 3 reviews

Are We There Yet? A Journey Around Australia (2004) 418 copies, 12 reviews

Magic Beach (1990) 346 copies, 6 reviews

My Farm (1992) 202 copies, 4 reviews

Noni the pony (2010) 152 copies, 2 reviews

Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo (2000) 149 copies, 2 reviews

Sophie Scott Goes South (2012) 145 copies, 3 reviews

The Quicksand Pony (1997) 140 copies, 1 review

Kissed by the Moon (2013) 118 copies, 1 review

The Snow Pony (2001) 111 copies, 2 reviews

The Journey Home (1990) 107 copies

Clive Eats Alligators (Sandpiper Houghton Mifflin Books) (1985) 102 copies, 2 reviews

I'm Green and I'm Grumpy (Lift-the-Flap) (1993) 97 copies

Alison Lester's ABC (2006) 73 copies

Running with the Horses (2009) 68 copies, 5 reviews

When Frank Was Four (1994) 66 copies

Rosie Sips Spiders (1989) 65 copies

Noni the Pony Goes to the Beach (2014) 61 copies, 2 reviews

Isabella's Bed (1993) 57 copies, 1 review

Celeste Sails to Spain (1997) 55 copies, 1 review

Tessa Snaps Snakes (1990) 48 copies, 1 review

Horse Crazy 1: The Silver Horse Switch (2009) 47 copies, 1 review

Yikes!: In Seven Wild Adventures, Who Would You Be? (1993) 47 copies, 1 review

One small island : the story of Macquarie Island (2011) 41 copies, 1 review

Monsters are Knocking: Lift-the-Flap (1993) 34 copies

Ruby (1988) 34 copies

My Dog Bigsy (2015) 31 copies, 1 review

Horse Crazy 2: The Circus Horse (2009) 30 copies, 1 review

Noni the Pony Rescues a Joey (2018) 28 copies

Alice and Aldo (1996) 27 copies, 1 review

The Very Noisy Baby (2017) 27 copies

Hello little babies (2016) 25 copies, 1 review

Green as a Bean (2013) 24 copies

Tricky's Bad Day (2018) 24 copies, 1 review

Crashing and Splashing (Viking Kestrel picture books) (1989) 24 copies

Horse Crazy 3: The Sea Rescue (2009) 22 copies

Bibs and Boots (1989) 21 copies

Bumping and Bouncing (Viking Kestrel picture books) (1989) 19 copies

Horse Crazy! (Bonnie & Sam) (2009) 19 copies

Moo (2007) 19 copies

Horse Crazy 4: The Royal Show (2009) 19 copies

Are we there yet? I-spy book (2015) 18 copies

Run Like a Rabbit (Alison Lester) (2012) 17 copies, 1 review

Roar : talk to the wild animals with Alison Lester (2007) 17 copies

Bonnie and Sam: Racing the Tide (2008) 16 copies, 1 review

Purr (2007) 15 copies

Happy and Sad (1989) 15 copies

Bonnie and Sam 2: The Circus Pony (2007) 13 copies

Snore (2013) 13 copies, 1 review

No Way Yirrikipayi! (2015) 12 copies

The shadow brumby (2007) 12 copies

Painted Ponies (2019) 11 copies

One Clucky Hen (Alison Lester) (2014) 11 copies

Cheo Come Caimanes (1995) 11 copies

Who's that knocking? (2009) 10 copies

Hoot (2013) 10 copies

Growl Like a Tiger (2012) 9 copies

Noni the Pony Counts to a Million (2021) 8 copies, 3 reviews

Splash (2013) 8 copies

Saving Mr Pinto (Bonnie and Sam) (2008) 8 copies

Present for Success (St Training Solutions Success Skills Series) (2009) 6 copies

Abendstern (2003) 5 copies

Sofía viaja a la Antárdida (Periscopio) (2015) 4 copies

I'm Green and I'm Grumpy (Lift-the-Flap) 4 copies

Jumpety Bumpety Hop and Go One (1983) 3 copies

Taught Not Caught - Self Esteem in Sex Education (The Clarity Collective) (1988) 3 copies

Imagine - Book and Jigsaw Puzzle (2018) 3 copies

I'm green and I'm grumpy 2 copies

I'm Green and I'm Grumpy! 2 copies

Who's That Knocking 2 copies

Hoot - Talk to the night animals 1 copy

Roar - talk to the wild animals 1 copy

Splash - talk to the ocean animals 1 copy

Ky nang thuyet trinh hieu qua 1 copy

Ngaripirtangaya (2021) 1 copy

Snore - talk to the Australian animals 1 copy

Kunbarlanja kunbolk (2016) 1 copy

Horse Crazy The Silver Horse Switch 1 copy

Stell dir mal vor (1994) 1 copy

The very best of Alison Lester (2003) 1 copy

Pferdefreundinnen - Das Zirkuspony: Band 2 - PANAMA (2009) 1 copy

Bonnie & Sam 1 - 4 (2008) 1 copy

Como Fazer Apresentações Irresistíveis (2010) 1 copy

Who's that knocking? 1 copy

Imagine: A Special 30th Anniversary Edition 1 copy

Alison Lester's Wonderful World: Colour Your Favourite Drawings (2017) 1 copy

Great big cuddle 1 copy

Clive, Tessa, Rosie and Frank (Four Stories in One Collection) (1997) 1 copy

The Alison Lester Collection (2015) 1 copy

Drijfzand (2000) 1 copy

Bonnie & Sam: Saving MR Pinto/The Shadow Brumby/Racing the Tide/The Circus Pony (Bonnie & Sam Horse-Crazy!) (2008) 1 copy

He Epideixe ton zoon = [The animal show] (1982) 1 copy

Explore the World : Multicultural Boxed Set (2008) 1 copy

I'm Green and I'm Grumpy 1 copy

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Associated Works

Horse Tales (2005) — Contributor — 78 copies, 2 reviews

Thing (1982) — Illustrator, some editions — 33 copies, 2 reviews

The ABC Book of Nursery Rhymes (2000) — Illustrator — 26 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Lester, Alison
Birthdate: 1952-11-17
Gender: female
Nationality: Australia
Birthplace: Foster, Victoria, Australia
Places of residence: Nar Nar Goon North, West Gippsland, Victoria, Australia
Education: Melbourne Teacher's College
Occupations: children's book author
illustrator
Awards and honors: Antarctic Arts Fellow

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Reviews

Tricky's Bad Day by Alison Lester

From Cockburn Libraries (Australia): "Poor Tricky! Nothing is going right for him. Milk spills, pyjama buttons won't work, his little sister wrecks their game, and when he tries to help out, everything gets worse. Tricky's having a very bad day! Then Dad has an idea. Outside it's wild, but there's a lot to explore..."

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BackstoryBooks | Apr 3, 2024 |

Running with the Horses by Alison Lester

Although Lippizaner stallions really were rescued from the Spanish Riding School in Vienna during WWII, this specific tale of nine-year-old Nina and her father Viktor is fictional. Nina's decision to bring an old cab horse called Zelda along with the four stallions when they flee the city and head for the border turns out to be one that saves their lives, and all five horses and two people make it to safety (although one wonders about the friend who guided them to the pass, and then turned back). Mixed media illustrations, including photographs, are truly special.… (more)

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JennyArch | 4 other reviews | Dec 31, 2023 |