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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 The Bird King and Other Sketches
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'The bird king, the anthropologists, the thing in the bathroom, the paraffin-oil koala, the secret birthday party... what do they all have in common? Nothing! Except for the fact that they all come from the sketchbooks of Shaun Tan, acclaimed creator of The Lost Thing, The Arrival and Tales from Outer Suburbia. Also selected by the artist are preliminary drawings for book, film and theatre projects, portrait and landscape studies, along with pages from travelling notebooks. All offer a special insight into the daydreams of a celebrated author and illustrator.' (Trove record)

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    • Kew East, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Windy Hollow , 2010 .
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      Extent: 123, [5]p.p.
      Edition info: 1st. ed.
      Description: chiefly illus. (some col.)
      Reprinted: Nov 2020
      Note/s:
      • Includes bibliographical references.
      ISBN: 9781921136580 (hbk.), 9781922081575 (pbk)
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Arthur A. Levine Books ,
      2013 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 128p.p.
      ISBN: 9780545465137
Alternative title: 鳥の王さま : ショーン・タンのスケッチブック
Alternative title: Sketchbook of Shaun Tan : King of the Birds
Transliterated title: Tori no ōsama : shōn tan no suketchi bukku
Language: Japanese
    • Tokyo, Honshu,
      c
      Japan,
      c
      East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
      :
      河出書房新社 ,
      2012 .
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      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 123p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 9784309273426, 4309273424

Works about this Work

[Review] The Bird King and Other Sketches Sharon Seymour , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 55 no. 2 2011; (p. 21)

— Review of The Bird King and Other Sketches Shaun Tan , 2010 single work criticism
[Review] The Bird King and Other Sketches Kelvin Steinberger , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 26 no. 1 2011; (p. 22)

— Review of The Bird King and Other Sketches Shaun Tan , 2010 single work criticism
Under Age Frances Atkinson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 16 January 2011; (p. 17)

— Review of The Bird King and Other Sketches Shaun Tan , 2010 single work criticism
Under Age Frances Atkinson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 16 January 2011; (p. 17)

— Review of The Bird King and Other Sketches Shaun Tan , 2010 single work criticism
[Review] The Bird King and Other Sketches Kelvin Steinberger , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 26 no. 1 2011; (p. 22)

— Review of The Bird King and Other Sketches Shaun Tan , 2010 single work criticism
[Review] The Bird King and Other Sketches Sharon Seymour , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 55 no. 2 2011; (p. 21)

— Review of The Bird King and Other Sketches Shaun Tan , 2010 single work criticism
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