Jo Goodman has been posthumously awarded CBCA Vic's Leila St John Award by the Victorian branch of the Children's Book Council of Australia. The award is given annually for outstanding service to children's literature in Victoria. Jo Goodman was recognised in many areas including as former president of the CBCA Vitroia Branch. She was also a teacher who introduced the Read in Bed It's Terrific (RIBIT) scheme.
Jo Goodman died in 2014 at the age of 73.
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