AustLit logo

AustLit

Trevor Todd Trevor Todd i(A41514 works by) (a.k.a. Trevor Roy Todd)
Born: Established: 1947
c
England,
c
c
United Kingdom (UK),
c
Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: ca. 1952
Heritage: British
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Works By

Preview all
1 y separately published work icon DISinformation David P. Reiter , Trevor Todd , Yasmin Page (illustrator), Carindale : IP Kidz , 2023 26867313 2023 single work picture book children's

'In this epic birdlife tale, the first of the Woody & Sir Humphrey Series, word is out that Woody the Canary is going to lose his feathers. Just the thought makes poor Woody shiver! To the rescue comes Woodys closest friend, Sir Humphrey, the Princess Parrot, who vows to find out which bird in their neighbourhood is spreading this nasty rumour.' (Production summary)
1 y separately published work icon Woody and Sir Humphrey Trevor Todd , David P. Reiter , Yasmin Page (illustrator), Carindale : IP Kidz , 2023 26867188 2023 single work picture book children's
1 y separately published work icon Feeling Blue Trevor Todd , Mark Eatwell (illustrator), Carindale : Interactive Publications , 2021 23458122 2021 single work picture book children's

'Mr. Wren is feeling very blue, so Mrs. Wren decides to find out why.

'With Mark Eatwell's spectacular nature photographs and Trevor Todd's simple, uncomplicated text, we find out Mr. Wren thinks he doesn't measure up to other birds. But once his secret is revealed, Mrs. Wren knows just how to cheer him up.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon 100 Watermelons Trevor Todd , Steve Page (illustrator), Carindale : Interactive Publications , 2021 23458003 2021 single work picture book children's

'Not 98. Not 99. Come harvest time, the proud Mr. Macaroni has 100 big, round, juicy watermelons. But tragedy strikes as he attempts to unload them. The forklift topples over and 99 watermelons go tumbling down the alarmingly steep sides of William Street causing sticky chaos and sweet confusion. 99...? That means there's still one watermelon on the loose! Watch out!'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon Animal Doctor, Animal Doctor Trevor Todd , Steve Page (illustrator), Carindale : Interactive Publications , 2020 23458060 2020 single work picture book children's

'Heard of a hippo with a sore hip? Or a giraffe with a crick in the neck? Or a monkey with nose-pinching halitosis? Who can come to their rescue? The Animal Doctor, of course!

'This book’s rollicking verse and colourful illustrations are guaranteed to delight kids everywhere.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 form y separately published work icon Devil's Gate Trevor Todd , ( dir. Stuart St Paul ) United Kingdom (UK) : Alchemist Films INDY UK Films Limited , 2003 7239513 2003 single work film/TV adventure thriller

'Rachael is tricked by the hard-headed Rafe, her former school boyfriend, into returning home to the remote island neighbourhood of Devils Gate where she grew up. Rachael had moved away to search for her mother who went missing many years ago - now her father is apparently dying, she reluctanctly goes back. Matt, a city boy who is passing through Devils Gate, knows that Rachel has been tricked into returning and decides to stay and find out the truth. The trouble is, the truth in Devils Gate is not what it seems. Not many people live in the remote town - and those who leave will never be the same.'

Source: British Film Institute (http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/728015). (Sighted: 11/4/2014)
1 y separately published work icon Street Sister Magic Trevor Todd , Sydney : Pan , 2002 Z970611 2002 single work children's fiction children's
1 2 y separately published work icon Bone Idol Trevor Todd , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2001 Z917172 2001 single work children's fiction children's

Novel for primary school-age readers in the Bonehead series. All Bonehead wants to do is surf and hang out with his friends, but band manager Otis T Smickleburger wants Bonehead to front his thrash-rock teen band 'Bad Hair Day'. It looks like Bonehead is doomed to a life of photo sessions, interviews and appearances, until Street Sister, Kukee Sister and Soul Sister save the day.

Source: Publisher's blurb
3 1 y separately published work icon Revenge of the Three Blind Mice Trevor Todd , Terry Denton (illustrator), Sydney : Margaret Hamilton Books , 1999 Z915186 1999 single work picture book children's 'A prose retelling of the nursery rhyme in which the mice take revenge on the farmer and his wife' (Source: Google Books).
1 2 y separately published work icon Ingrid Rules the Waves Trevor Todd , Hunters Hill : Margaret Hamilton Books , 1999 Z835099 1999 single work children's fiction children's Nine-year-old Ingrid's world is shattered when her solo-yachtsman father is reported missing at sea, and she invokes the help of whales who are breaching on the coast where she lives.
1 form y separately published work icon Glad Rags Trevor Todd , ( dir. Rob Stewart ) Australia : Nomad Films Nine Network , 1995 7239881 1995 series - publisher film/TV children's

'GLAD RAGS is about a girl with a vivid imagination who lives with her mother above their costume hire shop. A crooked property developer tries to take over the building but is outwitted.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 11/4/2014)
1 form y separately published work icon Old Sam, Jasper and Mr Frank Trevor Todd , ( dir. George Karpathakis ) 1994 Z975869 1994 single work film/TV children's
2 form y separately published work icon Ship to Shore John Rapsey , Glenda Hambly , Mary Morris , Everett de Roche , Jon Stephens , John Cundill , Judi McCrossin , David Phillips , Craig Wilkins , Geoffrey Nottage , Barbara Bishop , David Marsh , Peter A. Kinloch , Lynn Bayonas , Patrick Edgeworth , Sheila Sibley , Graham Foreman , Anthony Ellis , Stephen Measday , Ysabelle Dean , Nicholas Flanagan , Ron Elliott , Alison Nisselle , Trevor Todd , Sarah Smith , Philip Jeng Kane , ABC Television (publisher), Nine Network (publisher), ( dir. Karl Zwicky et. al. )agent Perth Australia : Barron Entertainment ABC Television Nine Network , 1993-1996 Z845012 1993 series - publisher film/TV children's adventure

Children's adventure television series about children who live on fictional Circe Island, a fishing community and communications base off the coast of Western Australia. The first series featured episodes in which the children outwitted adults, particularly the character Hermes Endakis. The series later emphasised environmental issues, particularly in the second series, where the children try to stop a big corporation from destroying their island.
1 form y separately published work icon Bay City Murray Oliver , Ken Kelso , Trevor Todd , Roger Vaughan Carr , ( dir. Andrew Prowse et. al. )agent Perth : Nomad Films , 1993 7227598 1993 series - publisher film/TV children's adventure

'A family action adventure series about four children who live in a small city on Australia's west coast and their exciting and unpredictable adventures.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 9/4/2014)
1 2 y separately published work icon Old Sam, Jasper and Mr Frank Trevor Todd , Ringwood : Viking Kestrel , 1985 Z795558 1985 single work children's fiction children's Stella Lees and Pam McIntyre's Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (1993): 417 says: ' Jasper befriends Old Sam who helps him train Mr Frank the pigeon'.
1 1 y separately published work icon The Racing-Car Driver's Moustache Trevor Todd , Stephen Axelsen (illustrator), Sydney : Hodder and Stoughton , 1984 Z914955 1984 single work picture book children's Stella Lees and Pam McIntyre's Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (1993): 417 says: 'Phinneas Bertram McGhee's moustache is invaded by a flea, which bites him during a motor race. Phinneas's moustache is "handle-bar bristley, end-twirled aand twistelly,/Full-formed, magnificent..."'
1 1 y separately published work icon Kneedeep Trevor Todd , Sydney : Methuen , 1981 Z958566 1981 single work children's fiction children's Stella Lees and Pam McIntyre's The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (1993): 417 says the work is 'about an adventurous frog who learns to speak. He helps Howard keep his job as Court Magician, but finds the pace is too much when the princesses want him to solve their romantic problems.'
1 y separately published work icon Fairy Strike! Trevor Todd , Sydney : Methuen , 1980 Z667709 1980 single work children's fiction children's Stella Lees and Pam McIntyre's Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (1993): 417 says 'the fairies go on strike when children stop believing in magic, a problem overcome by Mr. Magic'
2 1 y separately published work icon The Cockroach That Wrote a Symphony Trevor Todd , Sydney : Methuen Australia , 1979 Z836107 1979 single work children's fiction children's humour Stella Lees and Pam McIntyre's The Oxford Companion to Australian Children's Literature (1993): 417 comments: '...Cockroach is Benjy's pet. He writes beautiful music, but his career is cut short by a zealous cleaning lady, although his music is preserved through the efforts of the conductor, Sir Peregrine Ample.'
1 Steel Beams i "steel beams abut brick set skyward", Trevor Todd , 1975 single work poetry
— Appears in: Patterns , Spring vol. 2 no. 1 1975; (p. 11)
X