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y separately published work icon Old Tom : Man of Mystery single work   picture book   children's   humour  
Is part of Old Tom Series Leigh Hobbs , 1994 series - author picture book children's fiction
Issue Details: First known date: 2003... 2003 Old Tom : Man of Mystery
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'Angela Throgmorton decides it is high time that Old Tom helped around the house. But Old Tom has other ideas...Who is that mysterious figure disappearing into the night? Join Angela and Old Tom on a wild chase through the dark streets, with Angela determined to unmask the Man of Mystery! '  (Publication summary)

Notes

  • This is affiliated with Dr Laurel Cohn's Picture Book Diet because it contains representations of food and/or food practices.

    Food depiction
    • Incidental
    Food types
    • Everyday foods
    • Everyday drinks
    • Discretionary foods
    • High sugar foods
    • Fresh foods
    Food practices
    • Eating in - meal
    • Eating in - snack
    • Eating out - meal
    • Eating out - snack
    • Food preparation
    • Food serving
    Gender
    • Food preparation - female [domestic]
    • Food serving - female
    Signage n/a
    Positive/negative value n/a
    Food as sense of place
    • Domestic
    Setting
    • Domestic interior
    Food as social cohesion
    • Relationships
    Food as cultural identity n/a
    Food as character identity
    • Food as a visual handle
    Food as language n/a

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: ABC Books , 2003 .
      image of person or book cover 4451953631474671731.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 29p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 0733312470
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: ABC Books , 2005 .
      Extent: 1 v.p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 9780733316173, 0733316174
    • Richmond, East Melbourne - Richmond area, Melbourne, Victoria,: Little Hare Books , 2016 .
      Extent: 32 p.p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 9781877003530, 1877003530
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Works about this Work

[Review] Old Tom : Man of Mystery Kevin Steinberger , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 47 no. 4 2003; (p. 33)
— Review of Old Tom : Man of Mystery Leigh Hobbs , 2003 single work picture book
Larks That Don't Just Kid Around Meg Sorensen , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 November 2003; (p. 12-13)
— Review of Roos in Shoes Thomas Keneally , 2003 single work picture book ; Old Tom : Man of Mystery Leigh Hobbs , 2003 single work picture book ; Gilbert Colin Thompson , 2003 single work picture book
For Kids Catherine Ford , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 20 September 2003; (p. 6)
— Review of Old Tom : Man of Mystery Leigh Hobbs , 2003 single work picture book
[Review] Old Tom : Man of Mystery Barbara James , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 18 no. 4 2003; (p. 29)
— Review of Old Tom : Man of Mystery Leigh Hobbs , 2003 single work picture book
[Review] Old Tom : Man of Mystery Barbara James , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 18 no. 4 2003; (p. 29)
— Review of Old Tom : Man of Mystery Leigh Hobbs , 2003 single work picture book
For Kids Catherine Ford , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 20 September 2003; (p. 6)
— Review of Old Tom : Man of Mystery Leigh Hobbs , 2003 single work picture book
Larks That Don't Just Kid Around Meg Sorensen , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 November 2003; (p. 12-13)
— Review of Roos in Shoes Thomas Keneally , 2003 single work picture book ; Old Tom : Man of Mystery Leigh Hobbs , 2003 single work picture book ; Gilbert Colin Thompson , 2003 single work picture book
[Review] Old Tom : Man of Mystery Kevin Steinberger , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 47 no. 4 2003; (p. 33)
— Review of Old Tom : Man of Mystery Leigh Hobbs , 2003 single work picture book
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