My Strange Shrinking Parents

"What is a parent willing to give up for their child? Comfort? Careers? What about – height? Inspired by the Japanese woodblock prints by Hokusai and Hiroshige and books by Oscar Wilde, Shel Silverstein and Stan Sakai, in this wholly original fable a narrator tells how his immigrant parents sacrificed inches of their size to get their son the clothes, toys and education he needed. As he grows up, they grow down, until at last he’s able to care for his tiny parents in their later years. Love and devotion meld with dreamy, delicate art to produce a small masterpiece of a metaphor. (For ages 4 to 8)"