Walking with her mother on the way home from school one day, Lily runs straight into a gruff and untidy-looking man selling papers on the street. Frightened, Lily insists on taking the bus home every day for fear she will run into him again. But when the weather turns cold, Lily starts to see the Paper Man differently; she sees his bare toes through the holes in his boots and his thin shirt through the holes in his coat. As she lies in her warm bed at night, she wonders about the Paper Man and how he stays warm. Lily comes up with an idea and overcomes her fear. (20080101)
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"In her debut picture book, Lily and the Paper Man, Rebecca Upjohn does a remarkable job of realistically portraying an important social issue through the eyes of a child Ö The emotion and candor captured by this story are beautifully brought to life in RennÈ Benoitís soft yet bright watercolors." (Canadian Children's Book News )
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Rebecca Upjohn has worked as an architectural photographer, sheep farmhand, bookstore helper, and more recently a writer and film producer for an independent short film for children called The Go Cart. Rebecca lives in Toronto with her husband, Don and their two sons, Harris and Emmett. Harris’ reaction to a homeless man asleep on a downtown sidewalk when he was four inspired Lily and the Paper Man, Rebecca’s first book.
Renné Benoit has been drawing pictures since she could hold a crayon. She now works out of her home studio in Southern Ontario, where she lives with her husband, their daughter, and their dogs. Her recent work includes When-I-was-a-little-girl by Rachna Gilmore and Goodbye to Griffith Street by Marilynn Reynolds, which was shortlisted for the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon award, and won the Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize in 2005.
Renné Benoit has been drawing pictures since she could hold a crayon. She now works out of her home studio in Southern Ontario, where she lives with her husband, their daughter, and their dogs. Her recent work includes When-I-was-a-little-girl by Rachna Gilmore and Goodbye to Griffith Street by Marilynn Reynolds, which was shortlisted for the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon award, and won the Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize in 2005.
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Rebecca Upjohn was born and grew up in Toronto, Canada. Her love of reading and making up stories developed after her family TV blew up when she was three. She now divides her time between urban life in Toronto and rural life in southwestern New Hampshire. Her first book "Lily and the Paper Man" won ForeWord Magazine's 2007 Book of the Year Award, Picture Book Category, and was a finalist for the 2008 Blue Spruce Award. "The Last Loon" won the 2010 Municipal Chapter of Toronto IODE Jean Throop Book Award and has been nominated for the 2012 Silver Birch Express Award.
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A gentle story about the value of compassion,
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The debut children's book by author and mother Rebecca Upjohn, Lily and the Paper Man is a story about compassion in cold weather. When young Lily is walking home with her mother, she observes an unfriendly-looking man selling papers on the street. She is afraid of the man, but she also sees his bare toes poking through the holes of his boots - he surely cannot keep warm in such threadbare clothes. She comes up with a wonderful idea: giving the Paper Man warm socks, hat, gloves, scarf, and a quilt she has no use for. A gentle story about the value of compassion, Lily and the Paper Man features involved text and is ideal for young readers who are about ready to make the transition from picturebooks to more involved fare.
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Explaining homelessness to a 1st grader,
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We live in the city, so explaining why various bus stops have people sleeping on the benches (with shopping carts of "stuff" nearby) is difficult to really put into words. So when I saw this book I thought it would be perfect. It did not disappoint. I read this to my daughter at 5, and although much of it was over her head in terms of her understanding, it DID talk so perfectly about helping others, and giving of ourselves. Now at 7 she understands it and can read it herself, so we put it into her rotation of Thanksgiving/winter holidays books, which seems like a generally good time to talk about giving to others. I like the illustrations of course, which to me, can make or break a good children's book. 5 stars!
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Great book,
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Our 2 1/2 year old daughter loves this book and it has helped her better understand how children can make a difference in this world.
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