Tohby Riddle

Tohby Riddle is an Australian creator of picture books and illustrated books that have been published in many countries, and translated into many languages, around the world. His picture books include The Great Escape from City Zoo, The Royal Guest, Nobody Owns the Moon, My Uncle's Donkey and Unforgotten. Other books include The Greatest Gatsby: a visual book of grammar, the Word Spy books written by Ursula Dubosarsky and illustrated by Tohby Riddle, the novel The Lucky Ones, and two cartoon collections, What's the Big Idea? and Pink Freud. The cartoon collections comprise cartoons published in Good Weekend magazine (Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne's Age) over a period of nearly ten years from 1997.

Tohby Riddle
OccupationAuthor and Cartoonist
GenreChildren's Picture Books
Website
www.tohby.com

In 2005 he became editor of The School Magazine, in which his illustrations, non-fiction pieces and poems have also appeared regularly.[1] In 2009 he won the Patricia Wrightson Prize in the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards with Ursula Dubosarsky for their book The Word Spy.[2]

In 2018, Tohby Riddle's book My Uncle's Donkey was translated for a Japanese edition by Haruki Murakami after Mr Murakami found the book in a Melbourne bookshop on a visit to Australia. That edition was published in December 2018 by Asunaro Shobo.

List of books
  • Careful With that Ball, Eugene! (1989, US 1991, UK 1991)
  • A Most Unusual Dog (1992, US 1993)
  • Arnold Z Jones Could Really Play the Trumpet (1993, reprinted 2000)
  • The Royal Guest (1993)
  • 50 Fairies You Ought to Know About (1995, Germany 2004)
  • The Tip at the End of the Street (1996). IBBY Australia Ena Noel encouragement award for Children's Literature; Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Book 1997
  • The Great Escape from City Zoo (1997, US 1999). Shortlisted for the Children's Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year 1998, and the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards 1999
  • The Singing Hat (2000, US 2001). Honour book in the Children's Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year awards for 2001;[3] Joint winner of the Wilderness Society of Australia's Environment Award 2001, Picture Books category; Australian Publishers Association Design Awards, 2000, winner of Best Designed Children's Cover; Highly commended in Best Designed Children's Picture Book category; Commended in the Best Designed Jacket of the Year category
  • What’s the Big Idea? (2003) Highly commended in the Australian Publishers Association Design Awards for 2003, in the Best Designed Illustrated Book category
  • Irving the Magician (2005) Shortlist, 2006 Picture Book of the Year, Children's Book Council of Australia[4]
  • The Great Escape from City Zoo (2007, reissue)
  • Dog and Bird See the Moon (2007)
  • The Royal Guest (2007, reissue)
  • Nobody Owns the Moon (2008) Shortlisted, NSW Premier's Literary Awards.[5] Shortlisted, Children's Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year awards for 2009
  • The Word Spy (2008, with Ursula Dubosarsky). Honour award, Eve Pownall Book of the Year 2009, Children's Book Council of Australia Awards[6][7]
  • The Lucky Ones (2009)
  • Return of the Word Spy (2010, with Ursula Dubosarsky). Winner, Eve Pownall Book of the Year 2009, Children's Book Council of Australia Awards
  • My Uncle's Donkey (2010) Picture Book of the Year 2011, Honour award, Children's Book Council of Australia Awards[8]
  • Unforgotten (2012) Shortlisted, NSW Premier's Literary awards
  • The Greatest Gatsby: a visual book of grammar (2015) Shortlisted, NSW Premier's Literary awards; Shortlisted, Prime Minister's Literary Awards; Selected as a White Raven, International Youth Library, Germany
  • Milo: a moving story (2016)
  • Here Comes Stinkbug! (2018)
  • Yahoo Creek: an Australian mystery (2019)
  • Nobody Owns the Moon (2019, 10th anniversary reissue)

References
  1. "An older kind of magic*: a history of the School Magazine". Radio National. 30 August 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  2. "First-time author floats boat with Premier's prize win - Books - Entertainment". www.smh.com.au. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  3. "2001 Picture Book of the Year". www.cbca.org.au. The Children's Book Council of Australia. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  4. "2006 Picture Book of the Year". www.cbca.org.au. The Children's Book Council of Australia. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  5. "Eyes on the prizes as best books do battle - Books - Entertainment - smh.com.au". www.smh.com.au. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  6. "Judges name best children's books". Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  7. "Book of the Year 2009 Winners". www.cbca.org.au. The Children's Book Council of Australia. Archived from the original on 26 August 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  8. "Book of the Year 2011 Winners". www.cbca.org.au. The Children's Book Council of Australia. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
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