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Old Tom

Old Tom( )
Produced by: Story Box Library,
Author: Hobbs, Leigh
Illustrator: Hobbs, Leigh
Performed by: Brough, Alan
ISBN:978-1-922570-11-6
Publication Date:Dec 2016
Publisher:Story Box Library
Book Format:Online resource
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Book Description:

Angela Throgmorton lives alone and likes it that way. One day she finds an unusual bundle on her doorstep - Old Tom has arrived. Her life will never be the same. And nor will yours!Meet Old Tom, one of the cheekiest characters we know. Author/illustrator Leigh Hobbs clearly had a great deal of fun creating this lovable rogue whose outrageously bad behaviour is guaranteed to have you laughing out loud.Old Tom's honest but ill-fated antics and attempts to be good are extremely funny......
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Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Author Biography
Hobbs, Leigh (Produced by)
Leigh Hobbs was born on April 18, 1953 in Williamstown, Victoria, Australia. After graduating from art school in 1973, he worked as an artist at Sydney's Luna Amusement Park. He created two large three-dimensional characters called Larry and Lizzy Luna, which now reside at Sydney's Powerhouse Museum. He was a secondary school art teacher from 1978 to 2002. He was a freelance contributing cartoonist for Melbourne's, The Age newspaper, from 1985 to 2010.

He is the author and illustrator of numerous humorous children's books featuring his characters Old Tom, Horrible Harriet, Fiona the Pig, Mr. Badger, and Mr. Chicken. From 1998 - 2002, an animated cartoon TV series based on his Old Tom books was broadcast in Australia on ABC TV. He has been chosen as the Australian Children's Laureate for 2016-2017.

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