Singing Bones

Shaun Tan fans get to see his extraordinary talent applied to sculpture in this award-winning, lavishly presented collection of art based on fairy tales told by the Brothers Grimm.

About the author

Shaun Tan grew up in Perth and works as an artist, writer and film-maker in Melbourne, best known for illustrated books that deal with social, political and historical subjects through dream-like imagery. The Rabbits, The Red Tree, Tales from Outer Suburbia and the graphic novel The Arrival have been widely translated throughout the world and enjoyed by readers of all ages. Shaun has also worked as a theatre designer, a concept artist for Pixar and won an Academy Award for the short animated film The Lost Thing. In 2011 he received the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in Sweden, in recognition of his services to literature for young people. His most recent books include Rules of Summer and The Singing Bones, as well as Tales from the Inner City, which won the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal.

Summary

Shaun Tan fans get to see his extraordinary talent applied to sculpture in this award-winning, lavishly presented collection of art based on fairy tales told by the Brothers Grimm.

Product details

• Authors: Shaun Tan, Tan Shaun
• Publisher: Walker Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 16
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9781406370669
• ISBN: 978-1-4063-7066-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Walker Studio
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Moderne Kunst; Bildbände, Monographien, ART / Sculpture & Installation, ART / Mixed Media, ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, sculpture, History of Art, Individual artists, art monographs