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Mary O'Toole Mary O'Toole i(A47533 works by) (a.k.a. Mary Elizabeth O'Toole)
Born: Established: 1946 ;
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon The Boy Who Wanted to Draw Cats : A Tale From Japan Mary O'Toole , Astra Lacis (illustrator), South Melbourne : Macmillan , 1987 Z1890277 1987 single work picture book children's A farmer's son is sent to train as a priest. He works as hard as he can in the temple, and in his spare time he draws pictures of cats. Nothing but cats, and on every surface he can find. The priests think he should be an artist, not a priest, and so they send him away. Soon, the boy's gift reveals itself in a surprising way.
1 y separately published work icon The Rainbow Serpent David Gulpilil , Mary O'Toole , Ellen Jose (illustrator), South Melbourne : Macmillan , 1987 Z1021418 1987 single work picture book Indigenous story children's
1 y separately published work icon The Old Woman and Her Pig Mary O'Toole , Chris Meadows (illustrator), South Melbourne : Macmillan Australia , 1987 Z866024 1987 single work picture book children's
1 2 y separately published work icon A Strange Visitor Mary O'Toole , Craig Smith (illustrator), South Melbourne : Macmillan , 1987 Z832000 1987 single work picture book children's horror

'This is a very old story from Scotland which is best told on a dark night. In the story, an old lady who lived by herself wanted someone to come and visit her because she was lonely. Then one night someone did come to visit her – but it was a STRANGE visitor.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 1 y separately published work icon Kangaroo Court Mary O'Toole , Keith McEwan (illustrator), South Melbourne : Macmillan , 1987 Z831802 1987 single work picture book children's From Kinetica: A Kangaroo court is in session, to hear the tale of the terrible monster coming this way. Colourful illustrations of Australian animals feature with this humorous poem
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