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y separately published work icon Cicada single work   picture book   children's   fantasy  
Issue Details: First known date: 2018... 2018 Cicada
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'Cicada work in tall building.

'Data entry clerk. Seventeen year.

'No sick day. No mistake.

'Tok Tok Tok!

'Cicada works in an office, dutifully toiling day after day for unappreciative bosses and being bullied by his coworkers. But one day, Cicada goes to the roof of the building, and something truly extraordinary happens ...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Exhibitions

18007782
18005697

Adaptations

Cicada Arielle Gray , Luke Kerridge , Tim Watts , 2024 single work drama

'A moving tale of self-discovery for all the family

'“Cicada tell story. Story good. Story simple. Story even human can understand. Tok! Tok! Tok!”

'Cicada spends his days dutifully working away in a grey office. Overlooked by his superiors and overworked by his colleagues, he is getting very close to the end of his tether. But one day, looking out over the city from the rooftop of his office building, Cicada has an epiphany.

'Winner of the Children’s Book Council Award for Best Picture Book in 2019, this new adaptation brings master-storyteller Shaun Tan’s much-loved CICADA to life in a stunning puppet show, presented by Sydney Theatre Company and created by one of Australia’s premier children’s theatre companies – Barking Gecko Theatre.

'A small story of epic proportions, Cicada is an allegory of difference, resilience and the light we all have inside ourselves. Children and adults will love this enchanting tale about finding one’s place in the world.' (Production summary)

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Notes

  • Chosen for the 2019 White Ravens list.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Lothian , 2018 .
      image of person or book cover 5160032091766920534.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 32p.
      Reprinted: Feb 2023
      Note/s:
      • Published 26 June 2018.

      ISBN: 9780734418630, 9780734418647
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Arthur A. Levine Books ,
      2019 .
      image of person or book cover 5047943834563169854.jpg
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      Extent: 32p.
      Edition info: First American Ed.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • Published 29 January 2019

      ISBN: 9781338298390
Alternative title: Cikade
Language: Danish
    • c
      Denmark,
      c
      Scandinavia, Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      ABC ,
      2018 .
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      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 36 p.p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 9788779165281

Works about this Work

Reading and Viewing Deborah McPherson , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 55 no. 1 2020; (p. 78-82)

— Review of Love Is Strong as Death 2019 anthology poetry ; Changing Gear Scot Gardner , 2018 single work novel ; Tales from the Inner City Shaun Tan , 2018 selected work single work short story poetry prose art work ; Cicada Shaun Tan , 2018 single work picture book
Reading and Viewing Deborah McPherson , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 54 no. 3 2019; (p. 70-76)

— Review of Cicada Shaun Tan , 2018 single work picture book ; Tales from the Inner City Shaun Tan , 2018 selected work single work short story poetry prose art work ; The Final Quarter 2019 single work film/TV biography ; Between the Flags Jayce White , 2007 single work film/TV
Cicada : Shaun Tan Answers Questions About His Latest Book Rayma Turton , 2018 single work
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 33 no. 3 2018; (p. 10-11)
y separately published work icon [Review] Cicada Astrid Edwards , Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2018 14402566 2018 single work review
— Review of Cicada Shaun Tan , 2018 single work picture book

'Cicada is a work that packs a punch regardless of your age. Shaun Tan had my family – my 62 year old mother and 46 year old partner, as well as my 7 and 4 year old nieces – quiet, contemplative and on the edge of their seats.'  (Introduction)

Shaun Tan's New Picture Book Cicada Captures the Life Cycle of Office Drudgery Claire Nichols , 2018 single work essay
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , July 2018;

'An unappreciated green cicada sits behind a computer every day, doing data entry for a nameless organisation.' 

y separately published work icon [Review] Cicada Astrid Edwards , Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2018 14402566 2018 single work review
— Review of Cicada Shaun Tan , 2018 single work picture book

'Cicada is a work that packs a punch regardless of your age. Shaun Tan had my family – my 62 year old mother and 46 year old partner, as well as my 7 and 4 year old nieces – quiet, contemplative and on the edge of their seats.'  (Introduction)

Reading and Viewing Deborah McPherson , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 54 no. 3 2019; (p. 70-76)

— Review of Cicada Shaun Tan , 2018 single work picture book ; Tales from the Inner City Shaun Tan , 2018 selected work single work short story poetry prose art work ; The Final Quarter 2019 single work film/TV biography ; Between the Flags Jayce White , 2007 single work film/TV
Reading and Viewing Deborah McPherson , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 55 no. 1 2020; (p. 78-82)

— Review of Love Is Strong as Death 2019 anthology poetry ; Changing Gear Scot Gardner , 2018 single work novel ; Tales from the Inner City Shaun Tan , 2018 selected work single work short story poetry prose art work ; Cicada Shaun Tan , 2018 single work picture book
Shaun Tan's Cicada : A Meditation on Belonging and Bullying – in Pictures 2018 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 29 June 2018;

'In his latest picture book, acclaimed Australian illustrator, writer and film-maker Shaun Tan explores the ponderous themes of migrant workers and workplace bullying through the voice of a hardworking insect who has toiled away, unappreciated and without promotion, alongside humans in a grey office block for 17 years.

'The author of award-winning books including The Rabbits, The Red Tree and The Arrival, as well as Oscar-winning short film The Lost Thing, reveals behind the scenes of the horrifying and humorous story, showing us the sketches and moveable sculptures that ultimately allowed Cicada to fly. '  (Introduction)

 

Shaun Tan's New Picture Book Cicada Captures the Life Cycle of Office Drudgery Claire Nichols , 2018 single work essay
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , July 2018;

'An unappreciated green cicada sits behind a computer every day, doing data entry for a nameless organisation.' 

Cicada : Shaun Tan Answers Questions About His Latest Book Rayma Turton , 2018 single work
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 33 no. 3 2018; (p. 10-11)
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