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11 41 y separately published work icon The Lost Thing Shaun Tan , Shaun Tan (illustrator), ( trans. Bart Moeyaert with title Het ding en ik ) Amsterdam : Querido , 2012 Z668356 2000 single work picture book children's (taught in 11 units) 'A boy discovers a bizarre looking creature while out collecting bottle tops at the beach. Realising it is lost, he tries to find out who owns it or where it belongs, but is met with indifference from everyone else, who barely notice its presence, each unwilling to entertain this uninvited interruption to their day to day lives. For reasons he does not explain, the boy empathises with the creature, and sets out to find a 'place' for it.'
(Source: The Lost Thing website)
11 29 y separately published work icon The Red Tree Shaun Tan , Shaun Tan (illustrator), ( trans. Bart Moeyaert with title De rode boom ) Amsterdam : Querido , 2011 Z926241 2001 single work picture book children's (taught in 4 units) 'The Red Tree is a story without any particular narrative; a series of distinct imaginary worlds as self-contained images which invite readers to draw their own meaning in the absence of any written explanation. As a concept, the book is inspired by the impulse of children and adults alike to describe feelings using metaphor - monsters, storms, sunshine, rainbows and so on ... A nameless young girl appears in every picture, a stand-in for ourselves; she passes helplessly through many dark moments, yet ultimately finds something hopeful at the end of her journey.' (Source: Author's website)
15 33 y separately published work icon Tales from Outer Suburbia Shaun Tan , Shaun Tan (illustrator), ( trans. Eva Gerlach with title Verhalen uit een verre voorstad ) Amsterdam : Querido , 2009 Z1450931 2008 selected work single work short story art work young adult (taught in 13 units)

'do you remember the water buffalo at the end of our street?

or the deep-sea diver we found near the underpass?

do you know why dogs bark in the middle of the night?

Shaun Tan, creator of The Arrival, The Lost Thing and The Red Tree, reveals the quiet mysteries of everyday life: homemade pets, dangerous weddings, stranded sea mammals, tiny exchange students and secret rooms filled with darkness and delight.'

Source: Back cover.
1 y separately published work icon Het boek van alle dingen The Book of Everything (International) assertion Guus Kuijer , Netherlands : Querido , 2004 15273904 2004 single work children's fiction
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