Nobody Owns the Moon by Tohby Riddle
Nobody Owns the Moon by Tohby Riddle
Nobody Owns the Moon by Tohby Riddle
Nobody Owns the Moon by Tohby Riddle

Nobody Owns the Moon by Tohby Riddle

Clive Prendergast lives successfully in the city, in a one-room apartment in a busy part of town. Humphrey who works odd jobs and doesn’t always have a fixed address. "Nobody Owns the Moon" is the story of their friendship. This modern classic picture book is timeless in its tale of belonging and community.

"Nobody Owns the Moon" is 10 years old. Tohby Riddle’s award winning picture book is one Australia’s most highly acclaimed and best loved children’s book and a must for every child’s book shelf.


Condition: Excellent Condition with minor marks to the back of the dust jacket
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket 
Age: 5-8

Tohby Riddle is an Australian artist and writer/illustrator of picture books and illustrated books that have been published in many countries, and translated into many languages, around the world. His work has been translated by Haruki Murakami and he has been nominated for the 2022 Hans Christian Andersen Medal.

He is the award-winning creator of picture books such as The Singing Hat, The Great Escape from City Zoo and Irving the Magician (all three were shortlisted for CBC Picture Book of the Year and more), and the cult favourite, The Royal Guest. In 2008, Tohby illustrated The Word Spy by Ursula Duborsarsky, which won the Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature in the 2009 NSW Premier's Literary Awards and was an honour book in the 2009 CBC Book of the Year awards. A much-anticipated second book, The Return of the Word Spy, was published in May 2010.

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