Tommy Tuckers

Have you ever met a ratbag with a heart of mud ...and gold? Well, this is Tommy Tuckers to a T. He will tell you stupid, disgusting facts, get his dog a job cleaning up vomit, defend a spider...and have you laughing until you fart!

Join him and his loving family on three adventures through everything, oh, so wrong, that ends up becoming everything oh, so right.

Author: Matt Zurbo is a CBC Shortlisted author of YA and children's books. He has the honour of being in Victoria's Best 150 Books of 150 Years list for his first novel, Idiot Pride, and has had his and Dean Gorissen's picture book, I Got a Rocket, turned into an Emmy-winning cartoon. He also writes for The Footy Almanac, and rock magazine Veri.Live, and has his own small publishing company, Zurbo Inc. In between these escapades of the brain, he works in the bush, regenerating temperate rainforest, plays football, and, when time allows, does comedy.

Illustrator: Alex Tyers has three great passions in life: tree bark, ornithology and books about cement. He removes himself from these heady pursuits to draw comics and kids' books, run his information design business, and hang out with his family. Alex lives in the Melbourne suburb of Windsor with his gorgeous wife and rascal daughter.

Selling Points:

• Quirky "gross-out" humour
• Crazy cartoon illustrations
• Warm and realistic treatment of family relationships
• Suitable for independent readers