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We asked Shaun some questions about why he decided to produce Sketches from a Nameless Land, the companion title to The Arrival. Here he talks about the book as a manifesto for the art of illustration. For more information on The Arrival and Sketches from a Nameless Land, see www.thearrival.com.au

"Shaun Tan's picture books have won numerous awards and been adapted to theater and animated film. His stunning wordless graphic novel The Arrival depicts the immigrant experience with unforgettable emotional impact. Get to know this illustrator from Perth, Australia by watching our November 2007 video interview. Learn how he got his start as a children's book illustrator, how he developed his ideas for The Arrival, and what inspired his vision for the book. Tan also describes the meaning behind a few key drawings in The Arrival, and offers advice for young artists."

Academy Award winner, illustrator and author Shaun Tan takes you through the creative process in the privacy of his studio. Shaun Tan's award winning animation 'The Lost Thing' screened with a live music score at the 2011 GRAPHIC Festival on August 20 in the Concert Hall.

A collection of illustrated story starters for young children to prompt creative writing.

Now that so many schools are using Google Apps for Education, teachers need to be familiar with many different aspects of Google that they might not otherwise use. The slideshow below has 4 illustrated steps to adding an Event to the Google Calendars that we have on our school intranet.

Great info graphic highlighting some of the amazing goings on with the Internet. Imagine what will happen when the NBN gets going and wearable technology becomes common place.

Overview of the book 

The Arrival is a migrant story told as a series of wordless images that might seem to come from a long forgotten time. A man leaves his wife and child in an impoverished town, seeking better prospects in an unknown country on the other side of a vast ocean. He eventually finds himself in a bewildering city of foreign customs, peculiar animals, curious floating objects and indecipherable languages. With nothing more than a suitcase and a handful of currency, the immigrant must find a place to live, food to eat and some kind of gainful employment. He is helped along the way by sympathetic strangers, each carrying their own unspoken history: stories of struggle and survival in a world of incomprehensible violence, upheaval and hope.