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Tohby Riddle Tohby Riddle i(A41510 works by)
Born: Established: 1965 Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Tohby Riddle was raised in Sydney, and his early years were spent at a Steiner school. After school he became a mailing clerk at what was then Pan Books Australia. He completed a BA in Visual Arts at the Sydney College of the Arts and he studied for a degree in architecture at the University of Sydney. In 1989 Riddle began writing and illustrating picture books, which have been published in the United Kingdom and the United States as well as in Australia.

Riddle has also contributed cartoons to Good Weekend and the Sydney Morning Herald. A selection of his cartoons was published in What's the Big Idea? (Penguin Viking, 2003). Riddle's articles, illustrations and various writings have appeared in the NSW School Magazine, where he has been an occasional member of the editorial staff. He has also visited schools to talk about his work, and has expressed a belief that the picture book medium offers great opportunities for storytelling aimed at people of all ages. Riddle has also made appearances at the Sydney and Melbourne Writers' Festivals.

In 2016, his The Greatest Gatsby: A Visual Book of Grammar was shortlisted for a Prime Minister's Literary Award (Children's Fiction) and was included on the White Ravens list.

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y separately published work icon The March of the Ants Beecroft : Book Trail Press , 2021 21613606 2021 single work picture book children's

'The ants are heading out on a very important expedition. What will they need to take with them? It's a wild journey! And in the end, it's the littlest ant who leads the others to discover the most important thing of all. A book about a very special book.'

Source : publication summary

2022 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Early Childhood
2022 shortlisted West Australian Young Readers' Book Award Picture Books
y separately published work icon The Astronaut's Cat Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2020 18884110 2020 single work picture book children's

'The astronaut's cat is an inside cat.
And she likes it like that.

'The astronaut's cat is an inside cat - on the Moon! But she dreams about the strange outside world - and the mysterious blue ball that rises into the ink-black sky ...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2021 longlisted APA Book Design Awards Best Designed Children's Illustrated Book designed by Tohby Riddle
y separately published work icon The Astronaut's Cat Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2020 18884110 2020 single work picture book children's

'The astronaut's cat is an inside cat.
And she likes it like that.

'The astronaut's cat is an inside cat - on the Moon! But she dreams about the strange outside world - and the mysterious blue ball that rises into the ink-black sky ...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2021 longlisted APA Book Design Awards Best Designed Children's Illustrated Book designed by Tohby Riddle
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