Tan, Shaun.

Tales from outer suburbia Shaun Tan. - 1st American ed. - New York, NY : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2009. - 92 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.

Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning

The water buffalo -- Eric -- Broken toys -- Distant rain - - Undertow -- Grandpa's story -- No other country -- Stick figures -- The nameless holiday -- The amnesia machine -- Alert but not alarmed -- Wake -- Make your own pet -- Our expedition -- Night of the turtle rescue.

Fifteen illustrated short stories, some humorous and some haunting, set in the Australian suburbs.

A Junior Library Guild selection

9780545055871 (hardcover) 0545055873 (hardcover) 9780545055888 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0545055881 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Junior Library Guild

2008013784


Children's stories, Australian.
Suburban life--Australia--Juvenile fiction.
Suburban life--Australia--Fiction.
Short stories.


Australia--Juvenile fiction.
Australia--Fiction.