![]() ![]() This isn’t really a collection of stories about suburbia, it is much more than that. So when I say that you don’t have to have lived in suburbia to fully appreciate a series of stories written by a man who grew up in suburbia, you can trust me. I hated living so far away from everything (which wasn’t much of anything), and was envious of my best friend, who could walk from school to his house in the suburbs. Eric studies, 2007, pencil, 25 x 25cm Eric leaves, 2007, pencil, 25 x 25cm Eric (2010) is a separate edition of the story that originally appeared in Tales from Outer Suburbia (2008), about a foreign exchange student who comes to live with a typical suburban family. When I was young I lived in a large house on the outskirts of a small town. The Lost Thing is my favourite picture book as one whole story, but Tales from Outer Suburbia as a collection of picture books, as a whole made of many parts, is my absolute favourite on its own level. With fifteen short stories/ picture books (picture shorts?), Tales from Outer Suburbia is on a completely different scale than anything else I have ever read. But if I’m going to be honest, that’s because I don’t consider Tales from Outer Suburbia (2008) to be just one picture book. Tales from Outer Suburbia is an engaging collection of short stories that brings imaginative and quirky adventures to an otherwise dull suburbia. If I had to say which picture book is my favourite of all picture books, I would have to say The Lost Thing. – Shaun Tan, from “The Water Buffalo” in Tales from Outer Suburbia And every time we’d said exactly the same thing – ‘How did he know?’” ![]() “whenever we had followed his pointy hoof we’d always been surprised, relieved, and delighted at what we’d found. ![]()
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