The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name

CBCA Winner Award for New Illustrators 2022

By: Sandhya Parappukkaran, Michelle Pereira (Illustrator)

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Hardcover | 18 August 2021 | Edition Number 1

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Hardcover
32 Pages

Age
3 - 99

Dimensions(cm)
28 x 23 x 1

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When Zimdalamashkermishkada starts a new school, he knows he’s got to do something about his long name. 

When no amount of shrinking, folding or crumpling works, he simply settles for Zim – but deep down, it doesn’t feel right. It’s not until a new friend sees him for who he truly is that Zimdalamashkermishkada finds the confidence to step boldly into his long name.

A warm and uplifting story that encourages young readers to celebrate their individuality, and shows how no-one should ever have to shrink themselves down to fit in.

Winner of the 2022 Children's Book Council of Australia's Award for New Illustrator
Selected as the January/February 2023 American Booksellers Association's Kids' Indie Next Title
2023 Outstanding International Book for USBBY (United States Board on Books for Young People)
Shortlisted for the 2023 Speech Pathology Book of the Year award (Ages 3 to 5)

Industry Reviews

'With gentle compassion and tender wisdom, this Australian import portrays the challenges and joys of starting over in a new setting, juxtaposing fraught school days with the cozy warmth of evenings at home. Pereira’s block print style digital artwork brings Zimdalamashkermishkada’s name to vibrant life in bright orange against the muted pink, green, and brown palette as it sprawls across the pages trailing after him, strikes his desk as a lightning bolt, and unfolds into an endless paper accordion that won’t stay neatly contained. When he begins to teach Elly his name, the unruly shapes begin to take the form of a bird, adding more detail with each syllable until it soars gloriously across a two-page spread in joyous, fiery tones when Elly says the whole thing. This sensitive book will make an excellent lead-in to age-appropriate discussions about difference and belonging.' – The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

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