Katrina Germein (born 1974 in South Australia)^[1] is an Australian early childhood teacher and author of children's picture books. In 1997 while working in a remote Aboriginal community as a teacher Germein wrote her first two picture books about her experiences.^[2] By 2023 Germein had written over 20 picture books with some published internationally.^[3][1]

Awards

• Highly Commended - 2011 Prime Minister's Literary Awards, and shortlisted in the REAL Awards, Koala Awards, Cool Awards & Yabba Awards for My Dad Thinks He's Funny ^[4]
• Shortlisted - Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards, 2014 for My Dad Still Thinks He’s Funny ^[5]
• Shortlisted - Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards, 2014 for My Mum Says the Strangest Things ^[5]
• Shortlisted - Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards, 2016 for Baby Dance ^[5]
• Won - Notable 2018 CBCA Book of the Year Award Longlist: Early Childhood for Great Goal! Marvellous Mark! ^[6]
• Won - Speech Pathology Book of the Year Award 2019 for Let's Go Strolling by Katrina Germein and Danny Snell ^[7]
• Won - SCBWI Crystal Kite Award 2023 and Honour book in CBCA Book of the Year Award: Early Childhood for Bev & Kev^[8]

Works

Children's books

• Big Rain Coming (1999), illustrated by Bronwyn Bancroft
• Leaving (2000), illustrated by Bronwyn Bancroft
• Baby Gets Dressed (2009), illustrated by Sascha Hutchinson
• My Dad Thinks He's Funny (2010), illustrated by Tom Jellett
• Littledog (2011), illustrated by Tamsin Ainslie
• Somebody's House (2013), illustrated by Anthea Stead
• My Mum Says the Strangest Things (2014), illustrated by Tom Jellett
• My Mum Says the Silliest Things (2015), illustrated by Tom Jellett
• Thunderstorm Dancing (2015), illustrated by Judy Watson
• Baby Dance (2016), illustrated by Doris Chang
• Lullabies for Bedtime (2017), illustrated by Doris Chang
• Great Goal! Marvellous Mark! (2017), illustrated by Janine Dawson
• Let's Go Strolling (2018), illustrated by Danny Snell
• Shoo You Crocodile! (2019), illustrated by Tom Jellett
• Tell 'Em (2020), written with Rosemary Sullivan and children from Manyallaluk School, illustrated by Karen Briggs
• Bev & Kev (2022), illustrated by Mandy Foot
• My Dad Thinks He's a Pirate (2022), illustrated by Tom Jellett
• Baby Lou (2022), illustrated by Karen Blair
• One Little Duck (2023), illustrated by Danny Snell

Non-Fiction

• Wonderful Wasps (2022), illustrated by Suzanne Houghton