num_pages: 32
description: A kid finds a lost thing on the beach when he's scavenging for his bottle top collection. The thing is a large, freakish creature that looks like a cross between a crab and a pot-bellied stove. Shaun Tan's unparalleled artwork accompanies the humorous "What I did on my holidays" narrative. Author Shaun Tan has an outstanding reputation for his illustrative work. He won the Crichton Award for Book Illustration ( The Viewer ) in 1995. His collaborative effort with John Marsden, The Rabbits , was named CBC Picture Book of the Year in 1999. Memorial , with Gary Crew, was his third picture book. He has been a leading science-fiction illustrator in Australia for several years; with recognition including the Illustrators of the Future Award (1991) and the Australian National Science Fiction Best Artist Award (1995, 1996). He contributes regular political cartoons to the Western Review and is the art editor and a regular contributor to Eidelon magazine.
language: English
title: The Lost Thing
titlecomplete: The Lost Thing
genres: Picture Books, Graphic Novels, Comics, Fantasy, Graphic Novels Comics, Young Adult, Childrens, Fiction, Australia, 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: Lothian Children's Books