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Old Tom's holiday

Angela goes off on a vacation that she has won, but is surprised to find that everything reminds her of the cat she thought she left at home.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hobbs, Leigh
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Atlanta, Ga. : Peachtree, [2004]
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Cats > Juvenile fiction. Vacations > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	Angela goes off on a vacation that she has won, but is surprised to find that everything reminds her of the cat she thought she left at home.
Item Description:	Originally published: Australia : ABC books, 2002.
Physical Description:	1 v. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
ISBN:	1561453161
Author Notes:	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 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)