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About the poet:
Robin Klein is an Australian children’s writer.
She was born in Kempsey, New South Wales, in 1936.
Before becoming a writer, she had several different jobs, such as
working as a nurse, at a bookstore, and as a teaching aide at a school for
the disadvantaged.
Her writing often features young protagonists who rebel against their
structured environment.
Her works range from picture books such as Thing to the series of
stories featuring the ten-year-old Penny Pollard, to young-adult novels
such as People Might Hear You, Games, and Came Back to Show You I
Could Fly.
A unique feature of Klein’s “Penny Pollard” books is their use of diary
entries, letters, newspaper articles, and other print materials to tell
Penny’s stories.
In addition to her many novels and picture books, Klein has also
written a three-book series of historical novels that draws on her
memories of growing up in the 1940s.
