Katrina Germein

Katrina Germein (born 1974 in South Australia) 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. By 2023 Germein had written over 20 picture books with some published internationally.

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
 * Shortlisted - Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards, 2014 for My Dad Still Thinks He’s Funny
 * Shortlisted - Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards, 2014 for My Mum Says the Strangest Things
 * Shortlisted - Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards, 2016 for Baby Dance
 * Won - Notable 2018 CBCA Book of the Year Award Longlist: Early Childhood for Great Goal! Marvellous Mark!
 * Won - Speech Pathology Book of the Year Award 2019 for Let's Go Strolling by Katrina Germein and Danny Snell
 * Won - SCBWI Crystal Kite Award 2023 and Honour book in CBCA Book of the Year Award: Early Childhood for Bev & Kev

Works
Children's books

Non-Fiction
 * 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


 * Wonderful Wasps (2022), illustrated by Suzanne Houghton