A story about bouncing forward when faced with adversity, and about making creative choices in the face of change. Using different kinds of paper as metaphors for a range of emotions, the character understands his experiences of moving house, family breakdown, developing resilience and self-understanding in terms of cardboard, tissue paper, collage and origami.
Danny Parker has been an actor, a nurse, an undertaker and a drama teacher. The youngest of six children, Danny grew up with a family competing for airtime at the dinner table. His memories of the stories told and the laughter ringing out as one sibling or another held court surely influenced his own desire to create narrative. Danny writes about joy and challenge, about creativity and curiosity, and always – not very far from the surface he writes about love.
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Bethany Macdonald is an artist and bookseller. She works primarily in paper collage, using traditional cut and paste techniques, painting and preparing different kinds of paper or cardboard before tearing, cutting and assembling it to create her vibrant textured illustrations. Paperboy is the first picture-book Bethany has illustrated.
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Author Danny Parker
Illustrator Bethany Macdonald
Publisher Dirt Lane Press
Date of Publication 2020
ISBN 9780648828402
Category Children's Books
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