description: CBCA Picture Book of the Year: Honour Book 2001 2001 Spectrum Silver Award for book illustration in the US 2001 Honourable Mention, Bologna Ragazzi Award, Bologna International Book Fair An animated version The Lost Thing is being produced by Oscar award-winning Passion Pictures, based in London. The Lost Thing has also been produced as a theatre production for the Sydney Festival and at the Canberra Theatre Centre, featuring an installation set and beautiful puppetry. A kid finds a lost ?thing? on the beach where he's scavenging for his bottle top collection. The thing is a large, freakish creature but no-one else really notices it ? it's simply not a part of their familiar day-to-day reality. So the kid takes it upon himself to try to find where the lost thing belongs? ?a highly individual, masterly piece of work? ? Magpies Magazine ?a metaphor about the unforgiving, industrial city ? Older readers return to the book, unpacking detail ? and even humour amid the sombre tones ? which they previously overlooked.? ? Australian Literacy Educator's Association
language: English
title: The Lost Thing
titlecomplete: The Lost Thing
genres: Graphic Novels Comics, Graphic Novels, Childrens, Young Adult, Australia, Comics, Picture Books, Fiction, Fantasy, Art
ratings_count: 5556
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Children's Book Council of Australia Award
category: Picture Book of the Year - Honour Book, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Aurealis Award
category: Convenor's Award for Excellence
publisher: Bolinda Publishing