A boy finds a lost 'thing' on the beach where he's scavenging for his bottle top collection. The thing is a large, freakish creature that no one really notices. A quirky tale about finding your place in the world.

In SKETCHES FROM A NAMELESS LAND, author Shaun Tan explains the origins of his ideas, using examples from early research and concept sketches through to finished artwork. In tracing this evolution, he sheds light on the silent...

Young Tristan, a curious boy who rescues all sorts of objects from the rubbish dump, finds an old Viewmaster in its elaborate box, complete with a set of disks. He finds that these represent the ages of humankind, seen as a...

The visionary Shaun Tan returns to show us the soul-opening work he's been doing for the past five years.

A moving and inspiring story about how we remember the past from two of Australia's most acclaimed picture book creators, Gary Crew and Shaun Tan.

CBCA Picture Book of the Year: Honour Book 2001. 2001 Spectrum Silver Award for book illustration in the US. 2001 Honourable Mention, Bologna Ragazzi Award, Bologna International Book Fair. An animated version of The Lost Thing is...

When Gavin is given a metal detector for Christmas, he thinks he's going to turn up tonnes of treasure. How wrong can he be? Until he discovers the playground, that is...but the treasure he finds hidden there proves far more...