'Magnificent.' - David Small, Caldecott Medalist. 'Bravo.' - Brian Selznick, Caldecott Medal-winning author of The Invention of Hugo Cabret Muth, Caldecott Medal-winning author of Zen Shorts A story for anyone who has ever felt unappreciated, overlooked or overworked, from Australias most acclaimed picture book creator. Strange, moving, and beautiful.' - Jon J. Cicada by Shaun Tan From the visionary Shaun Tan, an inspirational story for older picture book readers. 'Shaun Tan's artwork creates a fantastical, hauntingly familiar atmosphere. Wordless, but with perfect narrative flow, Tan gives us a story filled with cityscapes worthy of Winsor McCay.' - Jeff Smith, author of Bone

'A shockingly imaginative graphic novel that captures the sense of adventure and wonder that surrounds a new arrival on the shores of a shining new city. 'A magical river of strangers and their stories ' - Craig Thompson, author of Blankets 'An absolute wonder.' - Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis 'Tan's lovingly laid out and masterfully rendered tale about the immigrant experience is a documentary magically told.' - Art Spiegelman, author of Maus

Much loved around the world, THE ARRIVAL has also won numerous awards including the CBCA Book of the Year and 'Best Album' at the Augouleme Festival in France. Is different to the one they have always known. It's a timeless, universal story that will resonate with anyone, anywhere who has struggled to start again in a place that The second book, Tales from the Inner City - a companion to Tales from Outer Surburbia, is due in October.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. 'Calm and serene/ the sound of the Cicada/ penetrates the rock' - Matsuo Bash? (1644-94). A short, simple tale loaded with meaning, finished with the quote: Tok Tok Tok Cicada works in an office, dutifully toiling day after day for unappreciative bosses and being bullied by his coworkers. Cicada's life hasn't been kind - but the end of one life cycle is only the beginning of another. The new picture book from multi-award-winner Shaun Tan, author of The Arrival, The Lost Thing and Rules of Summer. After seventeen years, it's time to retire. Tan's latest masterpiece (one of two due for 2018) is the tale of Cicada - a data entry clerk in a bleak, colourless city. A metaphor for growing up? A bit of inspiration for the unappreciated striver in all of us? Yes, yes, and more. But in the end, just when you think he's given up, he makes a transformation into something ineffably beautiful. Hardback Picture Books | Sophisticated Picture Booksįrom the visionary Shaun Tan, an inspirational story for all ages!Ĭicada tells the story of a hardworking little cicada who is completely unappreciated for what he does.

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