He graduated from the University of WA in 1995 with joint honours in Fine Arts and English Literature, and currently works full-time as a freelance artist and author in Melbourne. In school he became known as the ‘good drawer’ which partly compensated for always being the shortest kid in every class. Shaun Tan was born in 1974 and grew up in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia.

Shortlisted for Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards: Children’s Books 2001.

Shortlisted for APA Design Awards: Scholastic Best Designed Children’s Book 2002.Winner of NSW Premier’s Literary Award Patricia Wrightson Prize 2002.As a kind of fable, The Red Tree seeks to remind us that, though some bad feelings are inevitable, they are always tempered by hope. It is a series of imaginary landscapes conjured up by the wizardry of Shaun Tan’s masterful and miraculous art. Shaun Tan’s latest creation, The Red Tree, is a book about feelings – feelings that can not always be simply expressed in words. Just as it seems all hope is lost, the girl returns to her bedroom to find that a tiny red seedling has grown to fill the room with warm light. ‘Sometimes you wake up with nothing to look forward to …’ As she wanders around a world that is complex, puzzling and alienating, she is overtaken by a myriad of feelings. If you see a price sticker on a book, please ignore it.A small child awakes to find blackened leaves falling from her bedroom ceiling, threatening to quietly overwhelm her. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. As a kind of fable, THE RED TREE seeks to remind us that, though some bad feelings are inevitable, they are always tempered by hope.Īll of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. It is a series of imaginary landscapes conjured up by the wizardry of Shaun Tan's masterful and miraculous art. Astonishing Perth artist, Shaun Tan's latest creation, THE RED TREE, is a book about feelings - feelings that can not always be simply expressed in words. ' As she wanders around a world that is complex, puzzling and alienating, she is overtaken by a myriad of feelings. 'Sometimes you wake up with nothing to look forward to.

A small child awakes to find blackened leaves falling from her bedroom ceiling, threatening to quietly overwhelm her.

The red tree by shaun tan