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Frances Watts

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Born

Lausanne, Switzerland

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Children's Books, Young Adult, Historical Fiction

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Frances Watts was born in Switzerland and grew up in Australia. She has published 20 books for children, including picture books and books for younger readers, including Goodnight Mice!, the winner of the 2012 Prime Minister’s Award for Children’s Fiction, and 2008 Children’s Book Council of Australia award-winner Parsley Rabbit’s Book about Books. Her latest book, The Raven’s Wing, is her first novel for young adults. Frances lives in Sydney and divides her time between writing and editing.

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	Kisses for Daddy by Frances Watts (Goodreads Author), David Legge 4.16 avg rating — 348 ratings — published 2005 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret of the Ginger Mice (The Gerander Trilogy, #1) by Frances Watts (Goodreads Author), Frances Watts (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 2011 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Raven's Wing 3.95 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Peony Lantern 3.93 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Very Quacky Christmas by Frances Watts (Goodreads Author), Ann James (Illustrations) 3.53 avg rating — 139 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spies of Gerander (The Gerander Trilogy, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2011 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Goodnight, Mice! by Frances Watts (Goodreads Author), Judy Watson (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.11 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret of Zanzibar (The Gerander Trilogy, #3) 4.35 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Friend Fred by Frances Watts (Goodreads Author), A. Yi (illustrator) 4.05 avg rating — 62 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret of the Swords (Sword Girl, #1) by Frances Watts (Goodreads Author), Gregory Rogers (Illustrator) 3.85 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Gerander Trilogy (3 books)
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Song of the Winns (3 books)
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Sword Girl (6 books)
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Gregory Rogers (Illustrator)

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Extraordinary Ernie and Marvelous Maud (4 books)
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“Goldfish are heavier than they look.”
― Frances Watts, The Middle Sheep

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“No decoration
can compare in loveliness;
a perfect flower”
― Frances Watts, The Peony Lantern

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“I watched as he raised his hand to run a finger down my nose to my lips, then traced my mouth.

The feather-light touch made me shiver. "What are you doing?"

"I'm drawing you, so that I'll have you in my fingertips while you are gone.”
― Frances Watts, The Peony Lantern

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