Parker's New World

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  Parker's New World

The character, Parker, was first created by Dr. Jennifer Moliterno when she published Parker's Brain Storm as a medical student in 2003. The book followed the story of Parker, a young bear, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor but found comfort in his loving parent and helpful doctor. Earlier this year, Dr. Moliterno and I started working on a new series to expand Parker's storyline and describe other common experiences pediatric patients with brain tumors often face. We are set to publish our first book in this new series, Parker's Water Tube Ride, which describes the experience of having hydrocephalus in the coming months.

When we heard about this challenge, we were extremely excited to take it on and use our prior experiences in creating books centered on difficult topics that children can still relate to and hopefully find comfort and positivity in. We used the same character, Parker, and made the setting of Parker's New World to be during the COVID-19 pandemic. While Parker is at first sad and disheartened by the abrupt changes the pandemic has caused in his life, he eventually learns more about the virus and how it spreads, how to stay connected with the outdoors and his friends, and also finds gratitude for the people continuing to work in these times.

Parker's New World was created with Adobe Illustrator. Although creating the book came with some respective challenges such as learning how to create new types of illustrations in Illustrator and explaining COVID-19 in a child-friendly way, we are both very happy with the final product and hope you enjoy it too!

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• adobe
• adobe-illustrator
• microsoft
• word