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The Singing Bones Hardback - 2016

by Shaun Tan; Shaun Tan (Illustrator)

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From the publisher

From the brilliant mind of Shaun Tan, Grimms' fairy tales as they've never been seen before!

Wicked stepmothers, traitorous brothers, cunning foxes, lonely princesses: There is no mistaking the world of the Brothers Grimm and the beloved fairy tales that have captured generations of readers. Now internationally acclaimed artist Shaun Tan shows us the beautiful, terrifying, amusing, and downright peculiar heart of these tales as never before seen.With a foreword by Neil Gaiman and an introduction by renowned fairy-tale expert Jack Zipes, this stunning gallery of sculptural works will thrill and delight art lovers and fairy-tale aficionados alike.

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"I want to hold these sculptures, to pick them up. I want to squeeze them in my hands as I walk in the dark, to put them into my pockets and feel them there, reassuring me." -- Neil Gaiman

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  • Title The Singing Bones
  • Author Shaun Tan; Shaun Tan (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Arthur A. Levine Books, New York
  • Publication date 2016-10
  • Abridged Yes
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Abridged, Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780545946124 / 0545946123
  • Weight 1.85 lbs (0.84 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.6 x 7.1 x 0.9 in (24.38 x 18.03 x 2.29 cm)
  • Age range 12 to 17 years
  • Grade levels 7 - 12
  • Reading level 910
  • Category Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Fairy tales, Fairy tales - Germany
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2016014031
  • Dewey Decimal Code 398.210

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Citations

  • Booklist, 07/01/2016, Page 49
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 10/01/2016, Page 0
  • Horn Book Magazine, 09/01/2016, Page 127
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2017, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 07/15/2016, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview, 08/15/2016, Page 75
  • Publishers Weekly, 08/15/2016, Page 0
  • School Library Journal, 07/01/2016, Page 73
  • Shelf Awareness, 11/22/2016, Page 0
  • Voice of Youth Advocates, 08/01/2016, Page 0

About the author

Shaun Tan is the New York Times bestselling author of The Arrival, Tales from Outer Suburbia, Tales from the Inner City, Rules of Summer, and The Singing Bones. He received the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2011 and won an Academy Award for the adaptation of his picture book The Lost Thing (from Lost & Found: Three by Shaun Tan). Shaun lives in Melbourne, Australia.
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