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My strange shrinking parents : being: a picture story told in 38 pages /

"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? With humor and pathos, Sworder reflects on the strange nature of giving and receiving love and celebrates those parents who...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sworder, Zeno (Author, Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Thames & Hudson Inc., 2023.
Edition:U.S. edition.
Subjects:
Parent and child > Juvenile fiction.
Immigrant families > Juvenile fiction.
Low-income parents > Juvenile fiction.
Self-sacrifice > Juvenile fiction.
Body size > Juvenile fiction.
Parent and child > Fiction.
Immigrant families > Fiction.
Self-sacrifice > Fiction.
Body size.
Immigrant families.
Low-income parents.
Parent and child.
Self-sacrifice.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Magic realist fiction.
Parables.
Picture books.
Tall tales.
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Summary:"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? With humor 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 for their children"--
Item Description:"MMXXII."
First published in Australia in 2022.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
ISBN:9781760762957
1760762954