Shaun Tan

A treasure trove of sketchbook pages, jottings, doodles and drawings from life reveal much about Shaun's personal style and themes in this inspiring collection. Extensive brand new content includes pencil sketches for upcoming books, development work for Eric and cover design ideas for Cicada, along with new oil paint landscape sketches and character studies. This is a must-have for any Shaun Tan fan, particularly art and illustration students, as well as any lover of story and the creative process.

En eftermiddag förvandlades alla styrelsemedlemmar till grodor. Man kanske kan säga att det var rätt åt dem, men det är inte det som den här berättelsen handlar om. Den här berättelsen handlar om den person som hittade dem så. En unik och vacker bok för barn och vuxna som befäster ALMA-pristagaren Shaun Tans roll som förnyare och visionär. I Berättelser från innerstaden kombinerar Shaun Tan noveller, var och en om ett specifikt djur -- tigern, snigeln, noshörningen, hajen och så vidare -- med magnifikt måleri. Hur skulle vi människor reagera om djuren dök upp i ett landskap av betong, stål och glas -- människans landskap? Det är tankeväckande berättelser, som utan att moralisera får oss att fundera på relationen mellan människa och natur.

From the visionary Shaun Tan, an inspirational story for older picture book readers and beyondCicada tells the story of a hardworking little cicada who is completely unappreciated for what he does. But in the end, just when you think he's given up, he makes a transformation into something ineffably beautiful. A metaphor for growing up? A bit of inspiration for the unappreciated striver in all of us? Yes, yes, and more.

En unik och vacker bok för barn och vuxna som befäster ALMA-pristagaren Shaun Tans roll som förnyare och visionär. Berättelser från yttre förorten består av femton häpnadsväckande historier som samspelar med en sagolik, varm och mystisk bildvärld. Det som förenar dem är en märklig situation eller händelse som inträffar i en annars helt vanlig förortsmiljö. En valnötsstor utbytesstudent anländer, en sjöko strandar på någons gräsmatta och ett hemligt rum fyllt med ljuvligt mörker upptäcks.

"Det är träffsäkert och svindlande, ett ordlöst mästerverk om främlingskap och exil."Svenska DagbladetAnkomsten handlar om en emigrantfamilj. Fadern beger sig i förväg till det nya landet och först efter lång väntan återförenas familjen. Få andra böcker har påverkat bilderboksvärlden som Shaun Tans ordlösa Ankomsten. Det tog honom fem år att färdigställa boken och resultatet är en visuellt storslagen bok som inte lämnar någon oberörd. Shaun Tan är född 1974 och är en australisk författare och illustratör, bosatt i Melbourne. Han är en av världens mest intressanta bilderboksskapare och tilldelades 2011 Litteraturpriset till Astrid Lindgrens minne. Ankomsten utkom första gången på svenska 2010.

Det röda trädet på arabiska!A small child awakes to find blackened leaves falling from her bedroom ceiling, threatening to quietly overwhelm her. 'Sometimes you wake up with nothing to look forward to ...' As she wanders around a world that is complex, puzzling and alienating, she is overtaken by a myriad of feelings. Just as it seems all hope is lost, the girl returns to her bedroom to find that a tiny red seedling has grown to fill the room with warm light. Astonishing Perth artist, Shaun Tan's latest creation, THE RED TREE, is a book about feelings - feelings that can not always be simply expressed in words. It is a series of imaginary landscapes conjured up by the wizardry of Shaun Tan's masterful and miraculous art. As a kind of fable, THE RED TREE seeks to remind us that, though some bad feelings are inevitable, they are always tempered by hope.

Now in paperback, a groundbreaking, multi-award-winning modern classic from one of the world's most acclaimed artists."Tan's lovingly laid out and masterfully rendered tale about the immigrant experience is a documentary magically told." -- Art Spiegelman, author of MausA man leaves his wife and child in an impoverished town, seeking better prospects in an unknown country on the other side of a vast ocean. He finds himself in a bewildering city of unfamiliar customs, peculiar animals, curious floating objects, and indecipherable languages. He is helped along the way by sympathetic strangers, each carrying their own unspoken history: stories of struggle and survival in a world of incomprehensible violence, upheaval, and hope.Told as a series of extraordinary wordless images, The Arrival is a modern classic sure to resonate with readers of all ages.

From the brilliant mind of Shaun Tan, Grimms' fairy tales as they've never been seen before Wicked stepmothers, traitorous brothers, cunning foxes, lonely princesses: There is no mistaking the world of the Brothers Grimm and the beloved fairy tales that have captured generations of readers. Now internationally acclaimed artist Shaun Tan shows us the beautiful, terrifying, amusing, and downright peculiar heart of these tales as never before seen.With a foreword by Neil Gaiman and an introduction by renowned fairy-tale expert Jack Zipes, this stunning gallery of sculptural works will thrill and delight art lovers and fairy-tale aficionados alike.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The ArrivalNever be late for a parade.Never forget the password.Never ruin a perfect plan.It's all about the rules. But what if the rules feel completely arbitrary? What if your older brother is the only one who gets to make them up all summer long? And what if he's the only one who can save you when the darkness of winter comes rushing in?As usual, master artist and storyteller Shaun Tan shows us the strange truth of ordinary things -- rules, relationships, despair, and hope -- as only he can.

A new book of sketches, artwork, and personal reflection from the brilliant mind of award-winning, bestselling author and illustrator Shaun Tan."I'm often wary of using the word 'inspiration' to introduce my work -- it sounds too much like a sun shower from the heavens, absorbed by a passive individual enjoying an especially receptive moment. While that may be the case on rare occasions, the reality is usually far more prosaic. Staring at a blank piece of paper, I can't think of anything original. I feel utterly uninspired and unreceptive. It's the familiar malaise of 'artist's block' and in such circumstances there is only one thing to do: just start drawing." -- Shaun TanAnd when Shaun Tan starts drawing, the results are stunning. In The Bird King: An Artist's Notebook, we find a window into the creative process: the stops and starts, the ideas that never took off, and the ones that grew into something much bigger. Fans of The Arrival will recognize the quirky, surreal sensibility that is so distinctly Shaun Tan in this stunning collection, and gain insight into how his many gorgeous books were made.

A beautiful sketch pad / notebook with 128 blank pages. The cover illustration is one of Shaun Tan's own pencil illustrations and the endpapers feature myriad fascinating line drawings by Shaun Tan. It is quarter bound in a cloth of a complementary colour and complete with a ribbon place marker.

A beautiful sketch pad/notebook with 128 blank pages, the cover illustration is one of Shaun Tan's own pencil illustrations and the endpapers feature myriad fascinating line drawings by Shaun Tan. Quarterbound in a complementary coloured cloth and complete with a ribbon place marker.

A collection of three jaw-dropping stories: The Red Tree, The Lost Thing, and The Rabbits, by New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Shaun TanA girl finds a bright spot in a dark world. A boy leads a strange, lost creature home. And a group of peaceful creatures loses their home to cruel invaders. Three stories, written and illustrated by Shaun Tan, about how we lose and find what matters most to us. Never widely available in the U.S., these tales are presented in their entirety with new artwork and author's notes.

A small child awakes to find blackened leaves falling from her bedroom ceiling, threatening to quietly overwhelm her. 'Sometimes you wake up with nothing to look forward to ...' As she wanders around a world that is complex, puzzling and alienating, she is overtaken by a myriad of feelings. Just as it seems all hope is lost, the girl returns to her bedroom to find that a tiny red seedling has grown to fill the room with warm light. Astonishing Perth artist, Shaun Tan's latest creation, THE RED TREE, is a book about feelings - feelings that can not always be simply expressed in words. It is a series of imaginary landscapes conjured up by the wizardry of Shaun Tan's masterful and miraculous art. As a kind of fable, THE RED TREE seeks to remind us that, though some bad feelings are inevitable, they are always tempered by hope.

'The rabbits came many grandparents ago.They built houses, made roads, had children.They cut down trees.A whole continent of rabbits...'THE RABBITS offers a rich and immensely valuable perspective on the effect of man on his environment. Visually loaded and told with a passion for truth and understanding, THE RABBITS aims to promote cultural awareness and a sense of caring for the natural world.

A boy discovers a bizarre-looking creature while out collecting bottle-tops at a beach. Having guessed that it is lost, he tries to find out who owns it or where it belongs, but the problem is met with indifference by everyone else, who barely notices its presence. Each is unhelpful in their own way; strangers, friends, parents are all unwilling to entertain this uninvited interruption to day-to-day life. In spite of his better judgement, the boy feels sorry for this hapless creature, and attempts to find out where it belongs.

Shaun Tan follows The Arrival with a collection of off-the-wall tales combined with his genius illustrations in a unique hybrid format that will build on our current success.An exchange student who's really an alien, a secret room that becomes the perfect place for a quick escape, a typical tale of grandfatherly exaggeration that is actually even more bizarre than he says... These are the odd details of everyday life that grow and take on an incredible life of their own in tales and illustrations that Shaun Tan's many fans will love.