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Cicada by Shaun Tan
$30.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
From the visionary Shaun Tan, an inspirational story for all ages! Cicada 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 grow ...Show more
Eric by SHAUN TAN
$12.00 NZD
$12.99 (7% off)
Category: Picture books
Eric is eternally curious and effortlessly charming - a house guest whose approach to the world will capture your heart. This is a mini gift edition of one of the most loved stories from the multi-award-winning, internationally lauded masterpiece Tales from Outer Suburbia.
Lost Thing by Shaun Tan, Shaun Tan
$20.00 NZD
Category: Picture books | Reading Level: Children's - Kindergarten, Age 5-6
The Lost Thing is a humorous story about a boy who discovers a bizarre-looking creature whilst out collecting bottle-tops at the 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 notice it's ...Show more
Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan
$20.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
Never 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 dark ...Show more
Tales From Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan
$39.99 NZD
Category: Picture books | Reading Level: very good
Breathtakingly illustrated and hauntingly written, Tales from Outer Suburbia is by turns hilarious and poignant, perceptive and goofy. Through a series of captivating and sophisticated illustrated stories, Tan explores the precious strangeness of our existence. He gives us a portrait of modern suburban ...Show more
The Arrival by Shaun Tan
$22.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
Haunting, original and told entirely through exquisitely imagined black, white and sepia pictures, THE ARRIVAL is the story of one man's encounter with life in a strange new world. It's a timeless, universal story that will resonate with anyone, anywhere who has struggled to start again in a place that ...Show more
The Arrival by Shaun Tan
$46.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
"Tan's lovingly laid out and masterfully rendered tale about the immigrant experience is a documentary magically told." -- Art Spiegelman, author of Maus "An absolute wonder." -- Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis "A magical river of strangers and their stories " -- Craig Thompson, author of Blan ...Show more
The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan
$19.99 NZD
Category: Picture books
A kid finds a lost 'thing' on the beach when he's scavenging for his bottle top collection. The thing is a large, freakish creature that looks like a cross between a crab and a pot-bellied stove. Shaun Tan's unparalleled artwork accompanies the humorous 'What I did on my holidays' narrative.
The Red Tree by Shaun Tan
$29.95 NZD
$34.99 (14% off)
Category: Picture books | Reading Level: good
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 se ...Show more
The Red Tree by Shaun Tan
$19.99 NZD
Category: Picture books | Reading Level: From 9 From 3 To 99
The Singing Bones: Inspired by Grimms' Fairy Tales by Shaun Tan
$40.00 NZD
Category: Art and Music - children | Reading Level: very good
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 downrigh ...Show more
Viewer by Gary Crew (illus Shaun Tan)
$19.99 NZD
$22.00 (9% off)
Category: Picture books
For Tristan, the city dump was a treasure trove, full of mystery. He would take each sad, broken and dirty thing apart to see how each could be made to tick or whirr or ring. Then he found the box. It was filled with lenses, polished glass, microscope, monocle, magnifying glass and a viewmaster. What Tr ...Show more
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