![]() ![]() A review in the Evening Post (May, 1997) said Buxton had ‘written a memorable story about children taking charge and having adventures’ with ‘unexpected surprises’. I was sad to finish it and leave them all behind’. Her favourite is Donkey Dust (Mallinson Rendel 1997), ‘because I got to know the characters very well as I wrote it. ![]() ![]() Since then she has written over 130 learning-to-read books, which have been used in schools around the world about 150 stories, plays, poems and articles for the iconic School Journal and a number of children’s stories for broadcast on National Radio.Īs well as educational books, she has written numerous books for trade publication. Her interest in writing came to fruition in 1976 with the publication of her first children’s book, The Red Overalls (Herstory Press, 1976). She trained as a teacher and taught at schools in the Canterbury region on and off from the 1970s until 2002, when she became a full-time writer. Buxton, Jane (1947–) is an experienced children’s writer who has also had a long teaching career. ![]()
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