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Boy (2017)

Story: Phil Cummings -- Art: Shane Devries

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Boy builds empathy and understanding

Boy builds empathy and understanding @kanemillerbooks

Boy, by Phil Cummings/Illustrated by Shane Devries, (March 2018, Kane Miller), $12.99, ISBN: 978-1-61067-739-4

Recommended for readers 4-8

A deaf young boy, growing up in a medieval village ravaged by a giant dragon, brings peace to all by simply encouraging them to listen. He speaks with his hands or by drawing pictures in the sand, but not everyone is patient enough to understand Boy – until he…

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Boy

Phil Cummings/Shane Devries

2017

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Walking my five year old home from school today, he gasped, stopped and pointed when he saw the word HELLO written in the concrete. We went over the letters to spell out the word, and I thought - not unreasonably - that he was going to ask me how someone had carved it there. Instead, he exclaimed, "That must've been written by someone who couldn't hear! Like the boy in the story!"

The story in question is a gorgeous picture book he was recently given for his birthday: Boy, by Phil Cummings and Shane Devries. The titular protagonist is deaf, and so communicates with sign language - and also, at a key point in the story, by writing on the ground with a sword. We've only read it twice, but it's made a definite impression on my son, and I was reminded all over again of how important representation in kids' books is, not only so that every child can see themselves as visible and important, but so that all children can recognise human diversity.

As a hearing person, I can't say how members of the Deaf community might feel about Boy, but I do know that reading it has positively expanded my son's perception of the world and the people in it, and as such, I think it's a very wonderful story.

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Shane Devries -  Forest fish

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Shane Devries: Painting

These curious paintings are by Adelaide, Australia artist Shane Devries. Self taught, Devries used to work as a storyboard artist and illustrator for Showpony Advertising. He recently left that job to paint full time and currently has a solo exhibition at Gallery 139 in Adelaide with his series “From Somewhere Else”. To see more of…

Shane Devries: Painting was originally published on Daily Art Fixx - Art Blog: Modern Art, Art History, Painting, Illustration, Photography, Sculpture

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Shane Devries