$39.99 (Hardcover book / Lothian / ISBN:9780734407962)
Requiem For A Beast
Requiem for a Beast is a multi modal work, consisting of the formats of graphic novel, picture book, novella, and musical work.
There are two main narratives within the book; one, is the story of a young stockman as he pursues a wild bull, and the other the reminiscences of an elderly woman on the Stolen Generations.
The musical work is a Requiem for chamber ensemble, scored for a narrator, two singers, string quartet plus double bass, piano and harpsichord. The music contains both original material composed by Matt Ottley, and traditional Aboriginal music.
CBCA 2008 Winners
The Ghost's Child
$24.95 (Hardcover book / Viking )
A strange boy suddenly appears in a lonely old woman’s lounge room. As she serves him tea, Hartnett observes that the milk turns the tea ‘a pressed-rose brown’ and immediately we are in a world where language makes exhil... More »
Dragon Moon
$19.99 (Paperback book / Black Dog Books )
In the finale of the Dragonkeeper trilogy, Ping leaves Beibai Palace to return Danzis son to a place where dragons are safe from humans. But their journey isnt easy and they cross paths with old and new enemies. This nov... More »
Pearl Barley And Charlie Parsley
$24.95 (Hardcover book / Viking )
Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley are the best of friends. But they are different in almost every way . . .
Pearl likes solving mysteries and moves rather fast in the world.
Charlie likes taking baths and watching his gar... More »
Requiem For A Beast
$39.99 (Hardcover book / Lothian )
Requiem for a Beast is a multi modal work, consisting of the formats of graphic novel, picture book, novella, and musical work.
There are two main narratives within the book; one, is the story of a young stockman as he p... More »
Parsley Rabbit's Book About Books
$19.95 (Hardcover book / Abc Books )
Celebrate the joy of reading and begin a lifelong love of books with the delightful Parsley Rabbit and his pesky little brother, Basil. Lively and entertaining, it features a remarkably clever and handsome rabbit and is ... More »
Queensland Premier's Literary Award Winners 2008
Typewriter Music
David Malouf
Muck
Craig Sherborne
The Peasant Prince
Li Cunxin and Anne Spudvilas
Requiem For A Beast
Matt Ottley
CBCA Shortlist 2008 - Picture Book of the Year
The Peasant Prince
$29.95 (Hardcover book / Viking )
'This is your one chance. You have your secret dreams. Follow them! Make them come true . . . '
In a poor village in northern China, a small boy is about to be taken away from everything he's ever known. He is so afraid,... More »
The Island
$29.95 (Hardcover book / Allen & Unwin )
In the morning the people of the island found a man sitting on
the shore, there where fate and the ocean currents had set him and
his frail raft in the night. When he saw them coming towards him,
he rose to his feet.
He... More »
You And Me: Our Place
$24.95 (Hardcover book / Working Title Press )
Every morning Uncle Tobias goes fishing. Sometimes he is joined by two little boys. Together they spend the day moving from one place to another – from the beach, to the bridge and the mangroves on the outskirts of the c... More »
Ziba Came On A Boat
$29.95 (Hardcover book / Viking )
Ziba came on a boat. A soggy old fishing boat that creaked and moaned as it rose and fell, rose and fell, across the endless sea. More »
Requiem For A Beast
$39.99 (Hardcover book / Lothian )
Requiem for a Beast is a multi modal work, consisting of the formats of graphic novel, picture book, novella, and musical work.
There are two main narratives within the book; one, is the story of a young stockman as he p... More »
