Ages 4 to 8 years. Walking with her mother on the way home from school one day, Lily runs straight into a gruff and untidy-looking man selling papers on the street. Lily is afraid of the man, but when the weather turns cold, she starts to see the Paper Man differently -- she sees his bare toes through the holes in his boots and his thin shirt through the holes in his coat. As she lies in her cosy bed at night, she wonders how the Paper Man stays warm. Lily comes up with a wonderful idea...