Shaun Tan: books and awards

Shaun Tan is an Australian artist whose books are read by children and adults alike. The Arrival, a wordless graphic novel about migration, won the CBCA Picture Book of the Year, and the short film of his book The Lost Thing won an Academy Award.

Shaun Tan wrote or illustrated 6 books on our shelf that won or were recognized by the Eve Pownall Award, the CBCA Picture Book of the Year, the CBCA Book of the Year: Older Readers and the Carnegie Medal for Illustration, between 1999 and 2020. All of them won. Most are for ages 9 to 12 and ages 6 to 8.