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Cynthia Is a Wild Dog

By Tohby Riddle
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Cynthia Is a Wild Dog is about Cynthia, a wild dog. She hunts anything that moves... She scavenges for food... She'll even eat ice cream if she has to. A dryly funny new picture book about a lap dog with a wild inner life, from multi-award-winning... Read More
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A wry, witty and lovable picture about a small dog with a wild heart.

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Cynthia Is a Wild Dog is about Cynthia, a wild dog. She hunts anything that moves... She scavenges for food... She'll even eat ice cream if she has to.

A dryly funny new picture book about a lap dog with a wild inner life, from multi-award-winning author-illustrator Tohby Riddle.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781761214837

Publisher: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 26 August 2025

Country: Australia

Imprint: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing

Illustration: Full colour

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 220.0mm

Height: 250.0mm

Weight: 356g

Pages: 32

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Children's Books Children's Fiction Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Tohby Riddle

About the Author

Tohby Riddle is the creator of numerous well-loved and award-winning picture books that have been published in many languages around the world. For his contribution to children's literature he was nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2022. His picture books include Nobody Owns the Moon, My Uncle's Donkey, Yahoo Creek, The Singing Hat, Unforgotten, The Great Escape from City Zoo, Here Comes Stinkbug! and The March of the Ants (in collaboration with 2020–21 Australian Children's Laureate, Ursula Dubosarsky). Other books include the best-selling The Greatest Gatsby: a visual book of grammar, and two cartoon collections. Tohby's books are noted for their inventive artwork techniques, their humour and depth of meaning, and their quality and originality.

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