02022cam a2200421 i 4500 345719894 TxAuBib 20090602120000.0 080502s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008013784 9780545055871 hardcover $19.99 0545055873 hardcover $19.99 9780545055888 pbk. : alk. paper 0545055881 pbk. : alk. paper (OCoLC)227000159 DLC DLC IG# BTCTA JAO JP3 TEF GZI OUP EHH OCLCQ OK TxAuBib rda Tan, Shaun, 1974- Tales from outer suburbia / Shaun Tan. 1st American ed. New York, NY : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2009. 92 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier The water buffalo -- Eric -- Broken toys -- Distant rain -- Undertow -- Grandpa's story -- No other country -- Stick figures -- The nameless holiday -- The amnesia machine -- Alert but not alarmed -- Wake -- Make your own pet -- Our expedition -- Night of the turtle rescue. Fifteen illustrated short stories, some humorous and some haunting, set in the Australian suburbs. Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 6.5 1. 20090602. A Junior Library Guild selection. ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 2010; CBCA Children's Book of the Year Short List, 2009; ALA Notable Children's Books, 2010; Booklist Editors? Choice, 2010. Donated to Starkville Public Library by Friends of Starkville Public Library. Children's stories, Australian. Suburban life Australia Juvenile fiction. Suburban life Australia Fiction. Short stories. Australia Juvenile fiction. Australia Fiction.