The Lost Thing
10 best books like The Lost Thing (Shaun Tan): The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, Sidewalk Flowers, The Great Paper Caper, Humphrey the Lost Whale, Wolves, Fox, Duck, Death and the Tulip, Shadow, The Rabbits, The Island
| Author | May Gibbs |
| ISBN | 0207170614 |
Not, you never said that Snugglepot and Cuddlepie was a sex-and-violence-infused philosophically-motivated Scandinavian-themed retelling of Genesis. WHY DID YOU LIE TO ME?
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[Later the same day]
Well, I'm definitely building...
| Author | JonArno Lawson |
| ISBN | 1554984319 |
In this wordless picture book, a little girl collects wildflowers while her distracted father pays her little attention. Each flower becomes a gift, and whether the gift is noticed or ignored, both giver and recipient are transformed by their encounter. "Written" by award-winning poet JonArno Lawson...
| Author | Oliver Jeffers |
| ISBN | 0007182295 |
The wonderful Oliver Jeffers, illustrator of such books as
The Day the Crayons Quit
, and author/illustrator of titles like
How to Catch a Star
, creates an entertaining picture-book mystery and ecological fable in The Great Paper Caper. As the residents of the forest notice that branches have...
| Author | Wendy Tokuda |
| ISBN | 0893463469 |
We got this for our 3 yr old's birthday party this summer and what an awesome book! All my kids love it, my preschoolers and my 5 yr old alike! A story about a lost whale named Humphrey who got stuck in the San Francisco Bay back in 1985, an event I hadn't heard anything about. (I had been ten yrs old at the time)...
| Author | Emily Gravett |
| ISBN | 1416914919 |
Unfortunately, I had a very strong negative reaction to this book. I wanted to like it for being interesting and engaging and... fun. I think it is supposed to be fun. We are supposed to chuckle and appreciate. Instead, I was saddened and angered.
Here is the story of a cute little rabbit who decides...
| Author | Margaret Wild |
| ISBN | 1929132166 |
i am glad i am the only one to have rated this book (although i know dana and greg read it with me on the subway yesterday, so i know they have been tainted, too.) the description above is what is printed on the book, which is scary enough, but i think what they really wanted to put as its description is "help o...
| Author | Wolf Erlbruch |
| ISBN | 1877579025 |
This is not your usual picture book about death. The story is simple. Death, wearing a fashionably long plaid coat and bearing a black tulip, comes to stay with Duck. Understandably nervous, Duck asks, "Are you going to make something happen?" But no. "Life takes care of that," Death tells her. The two...
| Author | Suzy Lee |
| ISBN | 0811872807 |
A dark attic. A light bulb. An imaginative little girl.
Internationally acclaimed artist Suzy Lee uses these simple elements to create a visual tour de force that perfectly captures the joy of creative play and celebrates the power of imagination. Stunning in their simplicity, Lee's illustrations,...
| Author | John Marsden |
| ISBN | 0968876889 |
The Rabbits by John Marsden and Shaun Tan is a book about environmental issues created by man.
After reading The Arrival we quickly became hooked on Shaun Tan's draftmanship. It's amazing how a book with very few words and mainly illustrations can send such a powerful message that will leave...
| Author | Armin Greder |
| ISBN | 1741752663 |
Poignant and chilling, this allegory is an astonishing, powerful, and timely story about refugees, xenophobia, racism, multiculturalism, social politics, and human rights. When the people of an island find a man sitting on their shore, they immediately reject him because he is different. Fearful...
Are We There Yet?: A Journey Around Australia
| Author | Alison Lester |
| ISBN | 1929132735 |
This has given me itchy feet - there is nothing like Australia for travel, it's a must do activity ... over a long period of time ... with the family ... just like Grace in Are We There Yet?
Grace and her family hitch up their pop up camper trailer and head off, literally around Australia. Alison Lester...
| Author | Gary Crew |
| ISBN | 1566563313 |
The ‘Watertower’ is essentially a graphic novel or visual text, making use of both words and art to impart the story. The books itself centres around two boys who decide to explore an old water tower, which towers over the small mid American town of Preston. The Water tower dominates the town, standing...
| Author | Oliver Jeffers |
| ISBN | 0399254528 |
A picture book about grief. A little girl likes to read with her grandfather as he sits in his rocking chair, and then one day she faces an empty chair. Yes, it's that subtle, the chair is just empty, no explanation, really. Her grandpa is gone, and since she feels like she can't risk too much strain on her...
