My Strange Shrinking Parents

你/妳是不有時候不太能理解爸爸媽媽所做的決定呢? 他們口中的為了我們好，總是讓人有點無法接受對吧!但，你/妳可能也不知道，爸爸媽媽們為孩子所做的犧牲奉獻遠比你/妳想像的要多。

一個小男孩的父母為了讓他過上更好的生活，從遙遠的地方來到了一座城市工作，他們無時無刻都想讓男孩感到開心，就算犧牲自己的一部分也在所不辭。但男孩可以理解爸媽對他的愛嗎? 當爸媽為自己的孩子犧牲一些東西時，又會發生什麼事呢?

在這個看似溫馨又有點令人難過的故事中，作者Zeno Sworder用溫暖的筆調為我們展現了各種不同方式呈現的愛。同時大力讚揚了那些願意為了自己的孩子們犧牲奉獻的爸媽。非常適合親子共讀的一個作品。

A heartbreaking and heart-warming story of the sacrifices parents make for their children, by CBCA New Illustrator of the Year 2021.

WINNER of the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Picture Book of the Year 2023

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.