Children's & YA

Lucy and Mum's Shoes

by Emily Child

Description

Lucy and Mum's Shoes (written by Emily Child and illustrated by Warwick Kay) is the story a girl who hears the world a little differently. She is fascinated by the sounds around her, especially the sound of shoes. She dreams of a life where she is surrounded by high-heels. She dreams of being grown-up. Feeling brave one morning, Lucy sneaks into her mother’s cupboard and tries on her favourite pair of stilettos. An unusual and dreamlike day of high-heeled hope, happiness and hindrance follows, leaving Lucy a little less certain that she wants to feel grown-up after all… Lucy invites children (and adults) to be a part of her unique and quirky soundscape. Infused with a surreal eccentricity, this story uncovers what it means to “love the shoes you’re in”.

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World ex ZA,CN

Marketing Information

Target market: The book is aimed at children between 3-5 years, most especially young girls. However, because of the high quality illustrations and its subtle address of “growing up”, the book can also serve older readers of up to 8 years old. Key selling points: • The story tackles gender stereotypes for young girls by presenting Lucy as a not-so stereotypical girl. • The story explores what maturity is and the act of “growing up” for children in a subtle way. • The book has an exceptionally high quality story and illustrations.

Author Biography

Emily Child is an actor and writer. Her writing comes by letting her own childhood memories grow wild and turn into stories for littler people. Child grew up in Johannesburg and moved to Cape Town to study Theatre and Performance at the University of Cape Town (UCT). She is a full-time actress and daydreamer. If she is not working on stage or in film, she says she "can be found looking out of windows, wondering". Child’s first book, Jeff and George and the Totem Pole, was published in 2014 by Penguin Books and illustrated by Julia Anastasopoulos. Her debut Imagnary House picture book, Lucy & Mum’s Shoes (illustrated by Warwick Kay), is based on a very real obsession with the sound of things and a wish that humans didn’t rush the process of growing up. Listen to Your Diddalum is her latest publication with Imagnary House, illustrated by the imaginative Maria Lebedeva, which explores feelings for children in the most incredible way. Her upcoming Imagnary House titles include: Jeff and George and the Totem Pole (second edition), and more yet to be announced.

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Imagnary House is a South African publisher founded in 2016, focused on children’s books and young-adult literature. The house was built off the phrase, "If you walk in the measurable, you miss out on the imaginable".

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher Imagnary House
  • Publication Date 2017
  • Orginal LanguageEnglish
  • Publication Country or regionSouth Africa
  • FormatPaperback
  • Primary Price 150 ZAR
  • Pages32
  • ReadershipChildren
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Copyright Year2017
  • Dimensions200x200 mm
  • IllustrationFully illustrated
  • SeriesLucy
  • Series Part1

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