and Primary Readers Section; 1994 Unbearable! – Winner of Hoffman Award, Highest Ranked Australian Author and Primary Readers Section; 1995 Undone! – Winner of Hoffman Award, Highest Ranked Australian Author and Primary Readers Section. Kids Own Australian Literature Award (KOALA): 1990 Unreal! – Winner Secondary Readers Section; 1992 Unmentionable! – Winner Infant/Primary Readers Section; 1993 Unbearable! – Winner Infant/Primary Readers Section; 1994 Undone! – Winner Infant/Primary Readers Section; 1995 Duck For Cover – Winner Infant/Primary Readers Section; 1996 Uncovered! – Winner Senior Book. Kids Reading Oz Choice Award (KROC): 1990 Uncanny! – Winner Most Popular Oz Book; 1991 Unbelievable! – Winner Most Popular Oz Book; 1992 Unreal! – Winner Most Popular Oz Book; 1993 Undone! – Winner Most Popular Oz Book; 1994 Undone! – Winner Most Popular Oz Book; 1995 The Gizmo – Winner Most Popular Oz Book; 1996 Round the Twist – Winner Most Popular Oz Book; 1997 Wicked! – Winner Most Popular Oz Book; 1998 Wicked! – Winner Most Popular Oz Book; 1999 The Gizmo – Best Oz Children's Book; 2000 – No.s 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 10 in the Top Ten Books. Books I Love Best Yearly (BILBY Award): 1992 Unreal! – Winner Read Alone Primary Section; 1994 Undone! – Winner Read Alone Primary Section; 1996 The Gizmo – Winner Read Australian Primary Section. Australian Writers' Guild: 1990, AWGIE Award – Best Children's Adaptation (TV) Round The Twist; 1993, AWGIE Award – Best Children's Adaptation (TV) Round The Twist – Episode 5. ABPA Joyce Nicholson Award: 1993, Spooner Or Later – winner, best designed children's book of the year. Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature: 1994, Picture Book – The Fisherman and the Theefyspray. Prix Jeunesse Award: 1994 – Winner Round The Twist (Television Series). Australian Publishers Association – Book Industry Awards: 1997 – Peoples Choice Award for Children's Books for Come Back Gizmo. Christian Schools' Book Award: 1998 – awarded to Paul Jennings and Jane Tanner for The Fisherman and the Theefyspray. Dymocks Children's Choice Awards: 1998 – Favourite Australian Younger Reader Book, Sink The Gizmo; 1998 – Favourite Australian Older Reader Book, Wicked. Queensland Premiers Literary Award: 1999 – Best Children's Book Unseen!. Bibliography Short story collections Unreal! Eight Surprising Stories (1985) Unbelievable! More Surprising Stories (1986) Quirky Tails! More Oddball Stories (1987) Uncanny! Even More Surprising Stories (1988) Unbearable! More Bizarre Stories (1990) Unmentionable! More Amazing Stories (1991) The Naked Ghost,