The Red Tree | 
pickThis one really resonated! Perfect happysad. I want to give this to every child and adult I know. I‘m starting to expect I‘m always going to want to go out and buy Shaun Tan books after reading them.
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pickThis one really resonated! Perfect happysad. I want to give this to every child and adult I know. I‘m starting to expect I‘m always going to want to go out and buy Shaun Tan books after reading them.
pickA book about how there is always hope.
I usual Tan‘s illustrations are amazing.
pick#MarchMagic Day 19: #BookYouOftenRecommend - read this aloud for Shaun Tan recently with Arabic translation. There is no fanfare, no neat resolutions, no quick fixes in this narrative. I always have a quiet awed hush at the end of the book when I finish reading this in front of a huge adult crowd– a sharp intake of anticipation, a bated breath, a hint of more that the reader should resolve on his or her own. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-5qL
pick#AugustIsATrip Day 18: Guess where I was here? In front of Shaun Tan's home in Perth, #Australia before he moved to Melbourne. :) Here‘s my interview with him at GatheringBooks whereby I asked him what his red tree was: https://wp.me/pDlzr-5Jr
