Tohby Riddle
Tohby Riddle is a internationally award-winning author, illustrator and cartoonist based in Katoomba, NSW. He has written and illustrated many well-loved picture books and illustrated books (including Unforgotten, Nobody Owns the Moon and The Greatest Gatsby: a visual book of grammar ); was the cartoonist for Good Weekend magazine for nearly ten years; and is a former editor of The School Magazine , a literary magazine for children. In 2018, one of the world's greatest living writers, Haruki...See more
Tohby Riddle is a internationally award-winning author, illustrator and cartoonist based in Katoomba, NSW. He has written and illustrated many well-loved picture books and illustrated books (including Unforgotten, Nobody Owns the Moon and The Greatest Gatsby: a visual book of grammar ); was the cartoonist for Good Weekend magazine for nearly ten years; and is a former editor of The School Magazine , a literary magazine for children. In 2018, one of the world's greatest living writers, Haruki Murakami, translated Tohby's book My Uncle's Donkey into Japanese, after discovering it in a Melbourne bookshop. His picture book Here Comes Stinkbug! was named a 2019 CBCA Honour Book, and his most recent book is the widely acclaimed Yahoo Creek: an Australian mystery . See less
Tohby Riddle's Featured Books
Tohby Riddle book reviews
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The Great Escape from City Zoo
fun for kids and parents!
by wenmac, Jul 29, 2008
We found this book at the library and I decided we needed a copy at home, as I love it as much as the kids do! The illustrations reference art and pop culture that parents (and grandparents) will ... Read More
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The Tip at the End of the Street
Knowing the culture of the past
by BevisMax, Sep 14, 2007
The Tip at the End of the Street is a gently humorous picture book about cultural crisis. It inverts the usual meaning of tip (that is, ?rubbish dump?) and transforms it into a cultural resource as ... Read More