[edited February 28, 2011: Congratulations to Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann for their Oscar win! The American edition of
The Lost Thing (the book) is included in
Lost and Found: Three by Shaun Tan, which goes on sale tomorrow.]
Two children's books adapted for the screen are nominated for this year's Best Short Film (Animated) Oscar:
Australian author and illustrator,
Shaun Tan, is nominated for
The Lost Thing, which is based on his 2005 picture book by the same name.
You can view the film
here.
The School Library Journal website has
an interview with Mr. Tan posted about the book and film.
[photo from the
lines and colors blog]
The Gruffalo, a British picture book written by
Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler, is also nominated.
The 30-minute film was broadcast on BBC1 (in the UK) during Christmas 2009.
[photo from
The Telegraph website]
Thank you to Betsy at the
Fuse #8 Production blog for the information!