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y separately published work icon Old Tom Goes to Mars single work   picture book   children's  
Is part of Old Tom Series Leigh Hobbs , 1994 series - author picture book children's fiction
Issue Details: First known date: 1997... 1997 Old Tom Goes to Mars
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'Old Tom has decided he's due for an adventure…and a break from his fussy but affectionate owner, Angela Throgmorton. But the earth is to small for this fat cat … Old Tom decides that MARS will be his destination! And why not the Martians will love him, and probably make him king … and then he could eat EVERYTHING he wants! But it won't be smooth space travel for this feline there'll be a hilarious bump or two on his travel through the Milky Way!' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 1997 .
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      Cover image courtesy of publisher.
      Extent: 104p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 0140381457
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Big Book of Old Tom Leigh Hobbs , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2014 7576653 2014 selected work children's fiction

    Angela Throgmorton lives alone and likes it that way. One day she finds an unusual bundle on her doorstep – Old Tom has arrived. Her life will never be the same. And nor will yours! The Big Book of Old Tom is five adventures of Leigh Hobbs’ much loved characters, Old Tom and Angela Throgmorton, in one delightful collection.

    Source: Allen and Unwin website.

    Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2014
Alternative title: Tomas skrenda į Marsą
Language: Lithuanian

Works about this Work

Untitled Rayma Turton , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 12 no. 1 1997; (p. 30-31)

— Review of Old Tom Goes to Mars Leigh Hobbs , 1997 single work picture book
Untitled Julie Long , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 41 no. 2 1997; (p. 29)

— Review of Old Tom Goes to Mars Leigh Hobbs , 1997 single work picture book
Untitled Julie Long , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 41 no. 2 1997; (p. 29)

— Review of Old Tom Goes to Mars Leigh Hobbs , 1997 single work picture book
Untitled Rayma Turton , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 12 no. 1 1997; (p. 30-31)

— Review of Old Tom Goes to Mars Leigh Hobbs , 1997 single work picture book
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