THE DREAM OF THE THYLACINE
Margaret Wild & Ron Brooks
The
arresting and beautiful new picture book from Margaret Wild and Ron Brooks - the
creators of FOX - is a shimmering encounter with the Tasmanian Tiger and a lament
for a lost species; an emblem of our lost connection with nature.
The
Dream of the Thylacine juxtaposes an elegiac text with desolate images of the
last known thylacine - captive, caged in wire and concrete - and sweeping colour
paintings of the animal in its natural environment. Intense, poetic and beautiful,
this book will haunt you.
Margaret Wild and Ron Brooks have
created three other exceptional picture books together:
Old Pig, Rosie and
Tortoise and Fox. This is the first picture book this internationally renowned
author-illustrator team have worked together on in ten years, making this an exciting
publishing event.
ABOUT MARGARET WILD & RON BROOKS
MARGARET
WILD is one of Australia's best-known and best-loved authors for young people.
She has written over 70 picture books for young children, and two verse novels
for teenagers. Her books are published around the world and have won numerous
awards. RON BROOKS is an acclaimed illustrator of classic picture books, some
of which have stayed in print for over 30 years. His memoir about bookmaking,
Drawn From the Heart, was published in December 2010. In Drawn from the Heart,
Ron Brooks writes, 'I mostly illustrate other people's stories, and I love it
when an author has written something so beautifully, so powerfully, that it stills
my heart…I feel so lucky, privileged really, then to have the opportunity
of taking that text and trying to find and make the pictures which in some way
will add to that stillness.'
'The Dream of the Thylacine'
is available now.
