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ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- A new book from Hobbs is a cause for celebration, and this one does not disappoint! Harriet is bored with being a bad girl and tries out all the good girl things she can think of. Unfortunately there's a problem - the Terrible Tantrum she has to keep in a cage in her room in the roof of the school. She does everything she can to placate it, but when it escapes and takes her place in the classroom, she is left with no alternative… Full of sly jokes and anarchic humour, with his trademark energetic expressiveness (really, no-one can do as much with a single squiggly line as Hobbs can!) this is pure delight for readers young and old. Lindy
LEIGH HOBBS: AUSTRALIA'S CHILDREN'S LAUREATE 2016-17 What's green, has three eyes, and lives in a cage by Horrible Harriet's bed? And what happens when it goes missing...?
Leigh Hobbs works across a wide range of artistic mediums, but is best-known for his children's books featuring Old Tom, Horrible Harriet, Fiona the Pig, the Freaks of 4F, Mr Badger and Mr Chicken. Old Tom was also a popular TV series, and Leigh has won every major Australian children's choice award. Mr Chicken Goes to Paris was shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards, is a bestseller at Paris's Louvre Bookshop, was adapted for the stage by NIDA, and was shortlisted for the CBCA Awards - as were Horrible Harriet and Old Tom's Holiday. Horrible Harriet appeared at the Sydney Opera House in 2017. In 2019, Leigh was one of five Australian Legends of Children's Literature featured by Australia Post on a stamp, and in 2016-2017 he was the Australian Children's Laureate.
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- A new book from Hobbs is a cause for celebration, and this one does not disappoint! Harriet is bored with being a bad girl and tries out all the good girl things she can think of. Unfortunately there's a problem - the Terrible Tantrum she has to keep in a cage in her room in the roof of the school. She does everything she can to placate it, but when it escapes and takes her place in the classroom, she is left with no alternative… Full of sly jokes and anarchic humour, with his trademark energetic expressiveness (really, no-one can do as much with a single squiggly line as Hobbs can!) this is pure delight for readers young and old. Lindy
"If Roald Dahl hadn't had Quentin Blake to illustrate his books, he'd have loved Leigh Hobbs.' --Sydney Morning Herald ""Mr. Chicken samples gelatos and pastas, sees famous ancient structures, and imagines himself a gladiator during a nap (while he's sleeping, tourists queue up to stick their hands in his mouth, à la the city's Mouth of Truth). . . . An irreverent tribute to the Italian capital."" --Publishers Weekly on Mr Chicken Arriva a Roma ""The wry ink-and-watercolor full-bleed and panel cartoons will likely provoke snorts of laughter."" --Publishers Weekly on Fiona the Pig ""Hobbs's pen, gouache, and acrylic illustrations are a John Callahan-esque riot; readers will enjoy finding the telltale signs of Old Tom in each spread. Fans as well as newcomers to the series will love this slightly rude but lovable cat and his sweet but dim owner."" --Kirkus Reviews on Old Tom's Holiday ""The uncomplicated text plays straight man to the wacky artwork. There is a quirky childlike quality to the mixed-media cartoons and the characters have angular, exaggerated features.... The humor in this book is sure to appeal to children, especially Harry Allard's fans."" ―School Library Journal on Old Tom's Holiday"
