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Tales from outer suburbia / Shaun Tan.

Title
Tales from outer suburbia / Shaun Tan.
Author
Tan, Shaun
Publication
Crows Nest , N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2008.

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Description
92 p. : col. ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
  • "From the much-acclaimed creator of The Arrival, The Red Tree and the The Lost Thing, these captivating and sophisticated illustrated stories teeter on the edge of the real and resonate with life, love, joy, wisdom and shared experience."--Provided by publisher.
  • Fifteen illustrated short stories, some humorous and some haunting, set in the Australian suburbs. Suggested level: secondary.
Subject
  • Suburbs > Fiction
  • Children's stories, Australian
  • Suburban life > Australia > Juvenile fiction
  • Australia > Juvenile fiction
Genre/Form
  • Picture books
  • Fiction
  • Juvenile works
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The water buffalo -- Eric -- Broken toys -- Distant rain -- Undertow -- Grandpa's story -- No other country -- Stick figures -- The nameless holiday -- The amnesia machine -- Alert but not alarmed -- Wake -- Make your own pet -- Our expedition -- Night of the turtle rescue.
ISBN
  • 9781741149173 (hbk.)
  • 1741149177 (hbk.)
OCLC
  • 230921831
  • SCSB-11113789
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library