The Puppet

by Shaun Tan

Tim spends a day at his cold and remote father's TV studio, where he meets a strange ventriloquist. When Tim accidentally damages the ventriloquist's puppet, he has to escape the deranged man's fury, with or without his father's help.

Paperback

Published January 1, 2000

About the author

Shaun Tan (born 1974) is the illustrator and author of award-winning children's books. After freelancing for some years from a studio at Mt. Lawley, Tan relocated to Melbourne, Victoria, in 2007. Tan was the Illustrator in Residence at the University of Melbourne's Department of Language Literacy and Arts Education for two weeks through an annual Fellowship offered by the May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust. 2009 World Fantasy Award for Best Artist. In 2011, he won his first Oscar in the category Best Short Animated Film for his work The Lost Thing.