First published in Australia by HarperCollins Publishers in 1997. Before Madagascar there was The Great Escape from City Zoo. A "silver screen" adventure about four animals that escape from City Zoo and end up on the run in the big, exciting, but confusing world outside. 'A quirky...
'This subtle and meaningful fable makes for thought-provoking reading literature for young readers.' – Kirkus Reviews 'Like all of Riddle's books, the more it is read, the more the reader sees. And it is worth the effort. – ReadPlus Milo's life is almost entirely unremarkable. He lives in a...
'A book that frees the soul.' – Houston Chronicle Colin Jenkins’s life is changed for good when a he falls asleep in his lunch hour and a mysterious bird makes a nest on his head. First published in Australia in 2000 by Penguin Books RESOURCE Notes on the Making of The Singing Hat [PDF] ...
My Uncle's Donkey was a very hard book to make. Simple is hard! Like the donkey trying to hide behind the curtain on page 10, there's nowhere to hide a problem in a simple, minimal illustration. Or in a simple text, for that matter. That's...
Nobody Owns the Moon was first published by Penguin Books in 2008. A 10th anniversary edition was published by Berbay Books in 2019. FROM BERBAY BOOKS Clive Prendergast lives successfully in the city, in a one-room apartment in a busy part of town. Humphrey works odd jobs...
This striking, evocative book is a testament to Tohby Riddle's skill, dedication and commitment to making a strong statement that he believes in. It's a book about light and dark, doubt and faith, friendship and compassion. Riddle’s representations of the strangeness of the urban landscape evoke...
The hilarious story about a smelly bug whose unique talent saves the day. Stinkbug can really stink. But when it starts bugging his friends, Stinkbug wonders if it's time to stop doing what stink bugs do best ...
As pictures are remembered better than words, this book explores the fundamentals of grammar as visual information. Introducing a new, visually engaging way of presenting grammar. Appealing to the senses and the emotions with colour, texture, humour and drama, this book seeks to make the subject...
'He was surprised to observe a hairy human form, about seven feet in height, walking in the bush.' Queanbeyan Age, 24 August 1886 Throughout the first century or so of Australian settlement by Europeans, the pages of colonial newspapers were haunted by reports of a bewildering phenomenon:...
The March of the Ants, is written by Ursula Dubosarsky (Australian Children’s Laureate 2020/2021) and illustrated by Tohby Riddle (Australia’s nominee for the 2022 Hans Christian Andersen Medal for illustration). It was published by Book Trail Press in 2021. Ursula, one of Australia's most inspired and...