Lily and the Paper Man
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Finalist for the 2009 Shining Willow, Saskatchewan Young Readers Choice Awards Winner 2007 ForeWord Magazine’s Picture Book of the Year Finalist for the Blue Spruce Award 2008, Ontario Library Association Long-listed for the 2007 Governor General’s Award for Children’s Lit, Illustration

Lily and the Paper Man

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Winner of ForeWord Magazine’s 2007 Picture Book of the Year! Nominated for the 2009 Shining Willow by the Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Awards!




"This sensitive, gentle tale with its bright, visceral illustrations is about homelessness and one child’s reaction to the reality of it.” The Globe and Mail




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. Lily is afraid of the man, but when the weather turns cold, she 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 cozy bed at night, she wonders how the Paper Man stays warm. Then Lily comes up with a wonderful idea – she’ll make him a gift of warm clothes For more on Lily visit Rebecca’s website www.rebeccaupjohn.com




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About the Author

Rebecca Upjohn

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.

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About the Illustrator

Renné Benoit

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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Book Info

ISBN: 978-1-897187-19-7
24 Pages
Ages 4 to 8
8.5" x 8.5"
Hardcover picture book with jacket and full colour illustrations
$14.95 CAD
September 1, 2007

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