Cicada by Shaun Tan

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Winner of the Picture Book of the Year at the 2019 CBCA Awards

The story of a cicada who works in an office, and all the people who don't appreciate him. The new picture book from multi-award-winner Shaun Tan, author of The Arrival, The Lost Thing and Rules of Summer.

Cicada work in tall building.
Data entry clerk. Seventeen year.
No sick day. No mistake.
Tok Tok Tok!

Cicada works in an office, dutifully toiling day after day for unappreciative bosses and being bullied by his coworkers. But one day, cicada goes to the roof of the building, and something truly extraordinary happens ...

A story for anyone who has ever felt unappreciated, overlooked or overworked, from Australia's most acclaimed picture book creator.
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ISBN 9780734418630
Vendor ALLIANCE
Type / Material Paperback
Publisher HACHETTE
Year Group Year 3 to 4
Genre Picture Book
Imprint LOTHIAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS
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