Before I Grew Up

Name: Before I Grew Up
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9781592703616
Price: 34.99 NZD
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By John Miller

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Before I Grew Up is a lyrical tale inspired by the childhood of Italian artist Giuliano Cucco. Through rich, luminous illustrations and evocative words, John Miller captures the spirit of a colourful family and a boy’s imaginative world in a time when children roamed freely and dreamt boldly. The story explores the deep inner solitude of childhood, celebrating the quiet moments where a child finds himself, nurtured by a simple but profound expression of parental love.
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Ideal for children and their families, especially those who appreciate heartfelt, poetic picture books that celebrate creativity and the inner life of childhood.

Picture book about unknown artist Giuliano Cucco and his sketches of childhood.

Description

A story of childhood dreams and adventures, and of the parental love that in seeing you, nourishes you to become yourself.

★ A Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings) Loveliest Children’s Book of 2021 ★

Using notebooks, paintings, and sketches, author John Miller (Winston and George) weaves a lyrical story about the childhood of an Italian artist named Giuliano Cucco. Through luminescent, emotionally rich images, Miller tells the story of a colourful family and an imaginative boy, from a time when children had the freedom to roam and to dream.

This innovative picture book, sprung from images into words, is an ode to childhood and a celebration of the human spirit. It's also a celebration of the deep inner solitude that we possess as children, wherein we flourish. Here, our child protagonist is ripening on his own, and needs only three words from his father to help him confirm who he believes himself to be.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781592703616

Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 06 January 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Enchanted Lion Books

Illustration: full-color

Contributors:

Illustrated by Giuliano Cucco

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 234.0mm

Height: 287.0mm

Weight: 583g

Pages: 60

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Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational John Miller Young Adult

About the Author

John Miller, a nature writer, is the author of two books published by Enchanted Lion, Winston and George and Red Spider Hero. These children's books were illustrated by Giuliano Cucco, a close friend he met while living in Rome. News of Giuliano's death prompted him to link together a number of his friend's many paintings into a story that carries the reader deep into Cucco's rich world of childhood imagination.

Giuliano Cucco was an Italian artist and illustrator. He and his wife were killed by a motor scooter driver in a pedestrian crossing in Rome in 2006. He is survived by a son and two grandchildren.

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