she lifts her head and smiles up at a glorious flame-red tree, in the shape of a dandelion puff ("just as you imagined it would be"). Although the glum phrases are clichés of depression, Tan's ...

This school holidays local children’s theatre company Barking Gecko are presenting their adaptation of Perth-born Oscar winner Shaun Tan’s The Red Tree. Not only did Tan win the Oscar for best ...

Meet Shaun Tan - author of award winning ... to capture the everyday in extraordinary ways, Tan's children's picture book The Red Tree appealed to kids and parents alike and inspired a lyrical ...

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