John Winch (1944–2007)

Author of The Old Woman Who Loved to Read

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About the Author

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#1 John Winch (1944-2007), Australian children's book author and illustrator.
#2 John Winch, pseudonym of Marjorie Bowen.

April 2011: There are no Marjorie Bowen/John Winch books on this page at present. If any appear on this page, please split the author and alias the book to the Marjorie Bowen page. (Post in the Combiners! group for help on this).

Works by John Winch

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The Old Woman Who Loved to Read (1996) 131 copies, 9 reviews

The Old Man Who Loved to Sing (1994) 60 copies, 2 reviews

Two by Two (2004) 41 copies, 4 reviews

Run, Hare, Run!: The Story of a Drawing (2005) 24 copies

Keeping Up With Grandma (2000) 18 copies

Fly, Kite, Fly!: A Story of Leonardo and a Bird Catcher (2007) 9 copies

One Saturday (1989) 5 copies

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Associated Works

The Colt and the King (2002) — Illustrator — 50 copies, 1 review

Brother Wolf, Sister Sparrow (2003) — Illustrator — 43 copies, 1 review

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1944
Date of death: 2007-03-28
Gender: male
Nationality: Australia
Place of death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupations: illustrator
painter
sculptor
Disambiguation notice: #1 John Winch (1944-2007), Australian children's book author and illustrator.

#2 John Winch, pseudonym of Marjorie Bowen.

April 2011: There are no Marjorie Bowen/John Winch books on this page at present. If any appear on this page, please split the author and alias the book to the Marjorie Bowen page. (Post in the Combiners! group for help on this).

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Reviews

The Old Woman Who Loved to Read by John Winch

An old woman leaves the city and moves to the country so she can read without noise. Instead she has a lot of chores to do to keep her house going, and barely finds time to read.

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lisaladdvt | 8 other reviews | Jul 6, 2019 |

Two by Two by John Winch

great images and simple language make this good for young readers

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mccandlessn | 3 other reviews | Apr 6, 2014 |

The Old Woman Who Loved to Read by John Winch

The illustrations are worthwhile, but I wasn't drawn in by the story and neither was my son. On a second note, some of the pictures were a bit scary for the sensitive: a fire jumps out of the summer page (and the woman's expression is that of being terrified), after which a flood comes. I may have missed the point of this book, but in fact the story was something of a let down for me ...

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Fjola | 8 other reviews | Oct 17, 2013 |

The Old Man Who Loved to Sing by John Winch

The story of an old man who loves to sing and the animals love his singing. As he grows old one day he forgets to sing. The animals really miss his singing so the birds start to sing. The old man then remembers that he is forgetting to sing and joins the animals in singing.

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rwalsh06 | 1 other review | Sep 29, 2013 |

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