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The Boy Who Grew Into a Tree by Gary Crew
$19.99 AUD
Category: Picture Story Books
A heartbreaking fable about nature and our relationship with it, and about the inevitable cycle of life. "And then, as if on cue, the baby shaped its mouth into a perfect circle, drew breath into its cheeks and, curling its tiny tongue upon its bottom lip, breathed the long soft sound of wind in the tr ...Show more
The Lost Diamonds of Killiecrankie by Gary Crew
$18.99 AUD
Category: Picture Story Books
Paperback quarto, very good plus condition, black & white & colour sketches, black & white text-photos. 64 pp. An illustrated children's mystery story, said to be based on true details supplied by a Tasmanian artist.
The Story of Eva Carmichael: The Wreck of the Loch Ard by Gary Crew; Paul O'Sullivan (Illustrator)
$20.00 AUD
Category: Children's Books
When eighteen year old Eva Carmichael boarded the Loch Ard, she did so amidst rumours that the ships of the LochLine were cursed. And so it came to pass. In 1878, the magnificent clipper was wrecked off the treacherous coast ofVictoria, Australia.Though the sole female survivor, and despite having lost ...Show more
The Viewer (PB) by Gary Crew, illustrated Shaun Tan
$17.99 AUD
Category: Picture Story Books
Young Tristan, a curious boy who rescues all sorts of objects from the rubbish dump, finds an old Viewmaster in its elaborate box, complete with a set of disks. He finds that these represent the ages of humankind, seen as a cyclical structure in which patterns of growth and decay are repeated. Tristan b ...Show more
The Watertower by Gary Crew
$17.95 AUD
Category: Picture Story Books | Series: Era Picture Bks.
OUT OF PRINT A paperback edition of an award-winning story about a watertower, with its rusting iron legs and its egg-shaped lank warped and leaking. No one knows its history, but it has been standing there for a long time. Illustrated in colour by Steven Woolman.
Viewer by Gary Crew (illus Shaun Tan)
$16.99 AUD
Category: Picture Story Books
For Tristan, the city dump was a treasure trove, full of mystery. He would take each sad, broken and dirty thing apart to see how each could be made to tick or whirr or ring. Then he found the box. It was filled with lenses, polished glass, microscope, monocle, magnifying glass and a viewmaster. What Tr ...Show more