Toby's Big Surprise
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About the Book
Each title in the ‘Toby, the Big Little Tugboat series’ features a little tugboat and his daily activities in a small harbour.
His friends include Maggie, a motor yacht, Larry, a heavy-duty lorry, Mr. Brightly, the lighthouse, and Mr. Heavy, the harbour crane.
MikeGull is a seagull who, although not part of the stories themselves, acts as a commentor to the ‘action’.
Each page of text is accompanied by a full-colour illustration in bright, primary colours that will appeal to young children.
The stories are suitable for reading aloud to very young ones, while slightly older readers will be able to cope with the text themselves.
About the Author
Born 22 August 1965 in
Johannesburg South
From an early age Leo was
fascinated by animation and had dreams of one day working for the likes of Walt
Disney and soon taught himself to draw cartoons, at school teachers told him to
stop drawing and concentrate on his schoolwork, they said that drawing pictures
will never amount to anything and it would never get him anywhere in life.
Although he worked as an
electronic technician his love for drawing soon got the better of him and he
would draw cartoons just about everywhere.
Later in life Leo finally
enrolled in a 3D animation college in
On completion of the 3D
animation course Leo was playing around with a little pet project in his spare
time where he was making a small tugboat in 3D and soon there was not only a
little tugboat but he had some friends a harbour and a Lighthouse, and “Toby
The Big Little Tugboat” story was born.
A Publishing deal was
struck soon afterwards and for the next three years Leo spent all of his free
time working on the first four books, which went on sale in