The Singing Bones: Art Inspired by Grimms' Fairy Tales

Shaun Tan, Wilhelm Grimm, Jacob Grimm

Walker Studio, 2016 - Juvenile Fiction - 208 pages

Artist Shaun Tan is world renowned for his singular vision and storytelling abilities. This art book showcases his sculptural talent, applied here to fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm. Tan captures the essence of these tales as he brings traitorous brothers, lonely princesses, cunning foxes, honourable peasants and ruthless witches to life in surprising - and illuminating - ways. Introduced by author Neil Gaiman and fairy-tale scholar Jack Zipes, 'The Singing Bones' is a feast for the eyes, a profound, powerful celebration of the world's most beloved stories

About the author

Shaun Tan was born in 1974 in Fremantle, Western Australia. He is an artist, writer, and film maker. In 2006, his wordless graphic novel The Arrival won the "Book of the Year" prize as part of the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards. The same book won the Children's Book Council of Australia "Picture Book of the Year" award in 2007 and the Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Premier's Prize in 2006. For his career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense" Tan won the 2011 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council, the biggest prize in children's literature. In 2015 his title, Rules of Summer, was one of four books selected for the United States Board of Books for Young People list of Outstanding International Books for children and young adults. His book, The Singing Bones, won the 2015 Aurealis Awards for Best Graphic Novel/Illustrated work. He had two books published in 2018, Cicada. and Tales From the Inner City

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Singing Bones: Art Inspired by Grimms' Fairy Tales
• Authors: Shaun Tan, Wilhelm Grimm, Jacob Grimm
• author of text accompanying photos: Jack Zipes
• Illustrated by: Shaun Tan
• Contributors: Neil Gaiman, Jack Zipes
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Walker Studio, 2016
• ISBN: 1406370665, 9781406370669
• Length: 208 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Fairy Tales & Folklore / Country & Ethnic; Juvenile Fiction / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General