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10 41 y separately published work icon The Lost Thing Shaun Tan , Shaun Tan (illustrator), ( trans. Anne Krief with title La chose perdue ) Paris : Gallimard Jeunesse , 2012 Z668356 2000 single work picture book children's (taught in 11 units) 'A boy discovers a bizarre looking creature while out collecting bottle tops at the beach. Realising it is lost, he tries to find out who owns it or where it belongs, but is met with indifference from everyone else, who barely notice its presence, each unwilling to entertain this uninvited interruption to their day to day lives. For reasons he does not explain, the boy empathises with the creature, and sets out to find a 'place' for it.'
(Source: The Lost Thing website)
2 13 y separately published work icon Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes Mem Fox , Helen Oxenbury (illustrator), ( trans. Anne Krief with title 2 petites mains et 2 petits pieds ) Paris : Gallimard Jeunesse , 2009 Z1523360 2008 single work picture book children's 'Rhyming text compares babies born in different places and in different circumstances, but they all share the commonality of ten little fingers and ten little toes.'--(Publisher)
14 32 y separately published work icon Tales from Outer Suburbia Shaun Tan , Shaun Tan (illustrator), ( trans. Anne Krief with title Contes de la banlieue lointaine ) Paris : Gallimard Jeunesse , 2009 Z1450931 2008 selected work single work short story art work young adult (taught in 13 units)

'do you remember the water buffalo at the end of our street?

or the deep-sea diver we found near the underpass?

do you know why dogs bark in the middle of the night?

Shaun Tan, creator of The Arrival, The Lost Thing and The Red Tree, reveals the quiet mysteries of everyday life: homemade pets, dangerous weddings, stranded sea mammals, tiny exchange students and secret rooms filled with darkness and delight.'

Source: Back cover.
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