Mr. Biddles

A funny picture book about friendship,in the tradition of Arnold LobelΓÇÖs Frog and Toad. Mr. Biddles is a cat inventorand Hobson is a lobster that is left on his front porch. An odd pair indeedbut when Hobson joins Biddles in the lab (where he invented not only his catnip diffuser but also his automatic mail retriever!)they discover that Hobson has a gift: two super-useful claws. Mr. Biddles always needed help in the labbut he hadnΓÇÖt known how much until Hobson came along. The two enjoy one anotherΓÇÖs company and work well side by sidebut one dayHobson begins to miss home. Biddles badly wants to invent a way to get his friend home safely. But how? Hobson is from the faraway coastand can travel only in five gallons of water! Kristine A. Lombardi meticulously created convincing worlds for both Mr. Biddles and Hobson using collaged ephemera from years of collecting old receiptspostcardsphotosdiner billsbusiness cardsblueprintsand everything else you can think of!