{"product_id":"my-strange-shrinking-parents-zeno-sworder-9781760761233","title":"My Strange Shrinking Parents","description":"\u003cp\u003eWINNER of the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Picture Book of the Year 2023\n\u003cbr\u003eWINNER of the Australian Book Design Awards Best Designed Children's Picture Book 2023\n\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards, Children's Literature 2023\n\u003cbr\u003eSELECTED for The Braw Amazing Bookshelf at the BolognaRagazzi Awards 2024 \n\u003cbr\u003e--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\u003cbr\u003eIt goes without saying that all children believe their parents to be strange. \n\u003cbr\u003eMine were unusual for a different reason...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zeno Sworder","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43174971703539,"sku":"9781760761233","price":26.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781760761233.jpg?v=1662069382","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/my-strange-shrinking-parents-zeno-sworder-9781760761233","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}