Shaun Tan grew up in Perth and works as an artist, writer and film-maker in Melbourne, best known for illustrated books that deal with social, political and historical subjects through dream-like imagery. The Rabbits, The Red Tree, Tales from Outer Suburbia and the graphic novel The Arrival have been widely translated throughout the world and enjoyed by readers of all ages. Shaun has also worked as a theatre designer, a concept artist for Pixar and won an Academy Award for the short animated film The Lost Thing. In 2011 he received the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in Sweden, in recognition of his services to literature for young people. His most recent books are Rules of Summer, The Singing Bones and Tales from the Inner City, which won the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal in 2020.
Featured in the October Previews
*The Bookseller*
[…] whether or not you are familiar with the work of Shaun Tan this
book is a must. It is solace. It is wonder. It is joy.
*Armadillo Magazine*
featured in the Books for Keeps Christmas gift guide.
*Books for Keeps*
Its philosophical commentary and bizarre, delightful beings will
appeal to imaginative, artistic 12+ dreamers.
*Best children's and YA books of 2022, Guardian*
A must-have title for all fans of Shaun Tan and lovers of
illustration generally.
*ACHUKA*
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