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My Strange Shrinking Parents
Zeno Sworder
Illustrator: Zeno Sworder
Ages: 6+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 978-1-760-76295-7
Keywords: Confucianism, filial piety
A symbolic representation of the sacrifices that Chinese immigrant parents make to give their child clothes, books, and an education, until the child grows up and takes care of them. Dreamlike woodblock-inspired illustrations.