New Releases by shaun Tan

"In this wordless graphic novel, a man leaves his homeland and sets off for a new country, where he must build a new life for himself and his family."--

Fractured moments, lives as train wrecks, curiosities of the everyday, simple pleasures, reminders of death; vignettes of people captured in response to their own perceptions and experiences of trauma and joy. Character Sketches.

A boy scavenges the beach for his bottle top collection when he discovers a lost "thing"; a large, freakish creature that looks like a cross between a crab and a pot-bellied stove. Thus begins a witty and strange narrative set in a creepy, futuristic environment. Shaun Tan''s artwork, collages comprised of such unusual elements as old textbook pages, oil paint, gears, and tubes, inspires young readers to figure out what goes where, and why, in this challenging mix of science fiction and puzzle book.

Illustrated by Shaun Tan. For Tristan, the city dump was a treasure trove full of mystery, but the greatest treasure of all was a box he found one day. Filled with optical devices of all shapes and sizes, what Tristan saw through the dark orbs as he clicked the viewer was like nothing he had ever seen before. Afraid, Tristan tried to pull the viewer from his eyes, but found that he was transfixed - some mysterious force seemed to be pulling him in against his will...

A boy uses keen powers of observation and imagination to return an object that looks out of place in its urban setting.

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 seems all hope is lost, the girl returns to her bedroom to find that a tiny red seedling has grown to fill the room with warm light. Astonishing Perth artist, Shaun Tan''s latest creation, The Red Tree, is a book about feelings - feelings that can not always be simply expressed in words. It is a series of imaginary landscapes conjured up by the wizardry of Shaun Tan''s masterful and miraculous art. As a kind of fable, The Red Tree seeks to remind us that, though some bad feelings are inevitable, they are always tempered by hope.