My Strange Shrinking Parents
Publisher,Thames & Hudson
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Format, Hardcover
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No. of Pages, 40
Shelf: CHILDREN'S BOOKS / JUNIOR READER / PICTURE BOOKS 2UB
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A heartbreaking and heart-warming story of the sacrifices parents make for their children, by CBCA New Illustrator of the Year 2021.
One boy's parents travel from far-off lands to improve their son's life. But what happens next is unexpected. What does it mean when your parents are different? What shape does love take? And what happens when your parents sacrifice a part of themselves for you?
In this heartbreaking and heart-warming story, CBCA award-winner Zeno Sworder reflects on his own migrant parents' sacrifices to create a universal story about what it means to give to those you love. Drawing from the sacrifices his Chinese mother made to raise her young family in a small country town, Sworder's drawings are full of beautiful detail and fairytale settings that explore his own journey from child to parent.
With humour and pathos, Sworder reflects on the strange nature of giving and receiving love and celebrates those parents who embrace a hard life for themselves in the hope of a better life from their children. Full of depth and generosity as well as insight and candour, Sworder brings this gorgeous fable to life.
About the Author
Zeno Sworder is a writer and artist who lives in Melbourne with his family. After studying Chinese literature and migration law at university, he went on to work as a journalist, an English language teacher, a consular officer, an advocate for refugees and immigrants, and a jewellery designer. Sworder is the CBCA New Illustrator of the Year 2021, and his first book This Small Blue Dot was a CBCA Notable Book, the winner of the 2021 Australian Book Designers Association's Award for Best Designed Children's Illustrated Book, and the Designers' Choice Children's/Young Adult Book of the Year.
Review
"[With] muted colors and stunning, intricately textured illustrations... this deceptively simple tale is laced with profound, beautifully wrought truths... A clever and poignant tribute to the love of all those who made the journey" —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Dimensions: 21 x 28.7 cm
