Leigh Hobbs
Author of Mr Chicken Goes to Paris
About the Author
Leigh Hobbs was born on April 18, 1953 in Williamstown, Victoria, Australia. After graduating from art school in 1973, he worked as an artist at Sydney's Luna Amusement Park. He created two large three-dimensional characters called Larry and Lizzy Luna, which now reside at Sydney's Powerhouse show more Museum. He was a secondary school art teacher from 1978 to 2002. He was a freelance contributing cartoonist for Melbourne's, The Age newspaper, from 1985 to 2010. He is the author and illustrator of numerous humorous children's books featuring his characters Old Tom, Horrible Harriet, Fiona the Pig, Mr. Badger, and Mr. Chicken. From 1998 - 2002, an animated cartoon TV series based on his Old Tom books was broadcast in Australia on ABC TV. He has been chosen as the Australian Children's Laureate for 2016-2017. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Photo Credit: Peter Gray
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Works by Leigh Hobbs
Itsy Bitsy (Just Kids) Set 2 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1953-04-18
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- children's book author
artist - Nationality
- Australia
- Birthplace
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Places of residence
- Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia
- Associated Place (for map)
- Victoria, Australia
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Mr Badger works as an event manager at a very posh London hotel. Every morning when he arrives at work, he says hello to Algernon. He doesn’t expect an answer because Algernon is a very large ape standing in a glass case. But, one day when Mr Badger arrives at the hotel – Algernon is missing! Mr Badger has no idea where Algernon might be. How could someone move him, and where could one hide such an enormous animal? Mr. Badger covers the empty case with a curtain, along with a note which show more says: “Algernon is away but will be back shortly.” Mr Badger hopes this will buy him some time to find the missing ape.
Written and illustrated by Australian author, Leigh Hobbs, this is a perfect book for children who are starting on chapter books and it would also make a great read-aloud. The illustrations that appear on every page are delightfully quirky and the short story contains enough suspense to keep children reading. There are four books in the Mr Badger series (this is the 2nd). show less
Written and illustrated by Australian author, Leigh Hobbs, this is a perfect book for children who are starting on chapter books and it would also make a great read-aloud. The illustrations that appear on every page are delightfully quirky and the short story contains enough suspense to keep children reading. There are four books in the Mr Badger series (this is the 2nd). show less
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- Rating
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- ISBNs
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