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Title	:	The Red Tree
Author	:	Shaun Tan
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 32 pages
Published	:	April 15th 2003 by Simply Read Books (first published August 1st 2001)
Categories	:	Childrens. Picture Books. Sequential Art. Graphic Novels. Fiction. Art

The Red Tree Hardcover | Pages: 32 pages

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When a child awakens with dark leaves drifting into her bedroom, she feels that 'sometimes the day begins with nothing to look forward to, and things go from bad to worse.'

Feelings too complex for words are rendered into an imaginary landscape where the child wanders, oblivious to the glimmer of promise in the shape of a tiny red leaf.

Everything seems hopeless until the child returns to her room and sees the red tree. At that perfect moment of beauty and purity, the child smiles and her world stirs anew.

With sensitivity and wonder, Shaun Tan's evocative images in The Red Tree open a window to our inexplicable emotions and tell a story about the power of hope, renewal and inspiration.

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Original Title:	The Red Tree
ISBN:	0968876838 (ISBN13: 9780968876831)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	New South Wales Premier's Literary Award for Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature (2002), Children's Book Council of Australia Award Nominee for Picture Book of the Year - Honour Book (2002)

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This book was on the hold shelf at work, waiting for a student to pick up. I have just read it at work. What a beautiful book! This is a gentle, beautifully illustrated and simply gorgeous story in all senses! I love when I witness fabulous art, it is divine. Simply told, we see darkness envelope a small soul, feel the angst and the desperation, and finally the fog begins to clear. It is bleak for some time, but there is a break in the stifling clouds. A gradual relief to a burdensome feeling. I

It's a children's book, but it's probably one of the deeper children's books you're likely to come across. The meaning is subtle and easy to miss, but significant. The only clue I can give is this: read it twice, and look for what was always there.

This picture book is for readers of all ages and Ive never seen anything quite like it. The art is gorgeous and truly interesting, the story of despair and hope is well done. I wish there had been picture books like this years ago; it doesnt at all underestimate children. This could also make a wonderful gift book for older children, young adults, and adults going through a difficult emotional time, especially those suffering with depression or facing a challenge that seems overwhelming. It didn

This is a book I keep on my shelf to reread after particularly trying days. I adore it. First picked up in my favourite bookstore at the time, Readers Feast, in Melbourne, circa 2002. It is everything I love about Shaun Tan, a kind of beautifully illustrated melancholy that you can return to again and again. Since then I have slowly collected up most of his works and would count him as my favourite illustrator. The Arrival is his masterpiece but this book will always be my first love.

This story is controversial because its about sadness. The art is very beautiful like all of Tans work, but the text goes beyond what would be considered an ordinary childs unhappiness and straight on to depression, something the author suffers from. Yet the summation is too simple for a child suffering from a major depressive episode. I think it is more a beautiful book for adults whether theyve experienced the ravages of mental illness or not.

This is included in Lost & Found with interesting comment from Tan that in general adults were more likely to assess this book as too depressing while children pointed out details of hope or encouragement sprinkled throughout the illustrations. I didn't really lean one way or the other but felt that it was an accurate portrayal of a mood or feeling. Some days (or weeks, or months) ARE really bad. Kids can be depressed, too, and telling them they aren't does them no service. I really