Sidewalk flowers /
JonArno Lawson, Sydney Smith.
- 25 unnumbered pages : all illustrations (colour) ; 23 cm
"Illustrations by Sydney Smith"--Page preceding title page. Winner of the 2015 Governor General's Literary Award for children's literature (illustration), Canada Council for the Arts.
A little girl collects wildflowers while on a walk with her distracted father. Each flower becomes a gift, and whether the gift is noticed or ignored, both giver and recipient are transformed by their encounter. This wordless picture book, conceived by award-winning poet JonArno Lawson and beautifully brought to life by illustrator Sydney Smith, is an ode to the importance of small things, small people and small gestures.
Ages 4-7.
Charlotte Huck Recommended, 2016, National Council of Teachers of English A Junior Library Guild selection
9781554984312 1554984319
20149055978
Stories without words. Flowers--Juvenile fiction. Father and child--Juvenile fiction. Colors--Juvenile fiction. Picture books for children.
Stories without words. Graphic novels. Graphic novels.