Trampoline Boy

Trampoline Boy invites the reader to embrace each person’s unique perspective in a happy celebration of the joy of jumping.

"I was so honoured that Trampoline Boy is a part of this amazing initiative to work towards greater acceptance and inclusion. I wrote it with the intention of highlighting the exquisite and sensitive perspective of a child with autism as well as the beauty of inclusion and friendship. I am so delighted to see Trampoline Boy acknowledged and used in this way."

Nan Forler

Nan Forler

Nan Forler is a writer and a teacher who lives in a house overflowing with music and books. She likes to write stories at an old wooden table in her kitchen, and some of those stories are made into books. Nan is especially excited about her new picture book, Trampoline Boy! Trampoline Boy invites the reader to embrace each person’s unique perspective in a happy celebration of the joy of jumping. Nan has visited schools and festivals across Canada, to share the messages of kindness and empathy with her book, Bird Child. Her book of narrative poems, Winterberries and Apple Blossoms has been awarded the Nautilus Silver Medallion as well as being named the Lion and the Unicorn Award for Excellence in North American Poetry Honor Book. Nan shares her home with her husband, her two children and a yorkie-poo named Alice.

Marion Arbona

After obtaining a diploma in animation film at Les arts Décoratifs de Paris, Marion Arbona started working as an illustrator for children’s books. When she is not drawing, she is particularly interested in deep sea fishes, cats (even though she is allergic) and weird plants. She also likes reading and watching movies. Her favourite gouache colour is light cadmium red. Marion was awarded several illustration prizes in the USA and in Canada where she lived for 10 years.