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Sidewalk Flowers

Jonarno Lawson

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Winner:Governor General's Literary Awards -Children's Illustration (2015)
Recommended:Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children -Children's Fiction (2016)

Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Illustrated Book

A New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year

In this wordless picture book, a little girl collects wildflowers while her distracted father pays her little attention. Each flower becomes a gift, and whether the gift is noticed or ignored, both giver and recipient are transformed by their encounter.

"Written" by award-winning poet JonArno Lawson and brought to life by illustrator Sydney Smith, Sidewalk Flowers is an ode to the importance of small things, small people and small gestures.


Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7

Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Groundwood Books
  • Publish Date: Mar 1st, 2015
  • Pages: 32
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.80in - 9.00in - 0.50in - 0.70lb
  • EAN: 9781554984312
  • Recommended age: 04-07
  • Categories: • Family - Parents• Science & Nature - General• Imagination & Play

About the Author

Lawson, Jonarno: -

JONARNO LAWSON is the author of numerous books for children and adults, including The Playgrounds of Babel, illustrated by Piet Grobler, and Leap!, illustrated by Josée Bisaillon. He has also collaborated on books with Nelson Ball, Alec Dempster, Nahid Kazemi, Amjad Jaimoukha, Qin Leng, Daniel Ratthei and Sherwin Tjia. His most recent book is Wise Up! Wise Down!, a collaboration with the poet John Agard, illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura. JonArno lives in Toronto, Ontario, with his family.

Smith, Sydney: -

SYDNEY SMITH is the creator of Small in the City, which received the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Ezra Jack Keats Award. Other books he has illustrated include The White Cat and the Monk by Jo Ellen Bogart; Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson; and Town Is by the Sea by Joanne Schwartz, which received the Kate Greenaway Medal. His other accolades include two Governor General's Awards and four New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year citations. He is also the illustrator of I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott, which received the Schneider Family Book Award and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and My Baba's Garden, also written by Jordan Scott. Sydney lives with his family in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Praise for this book

A poignant, wordless storyline . . . this ode to everyday beauty sings sweetly.-- "Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW"
A reminder that what looks like play can sometimes be a sacrament.-- "Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW"
An emotionally moving, visually delightful ode to the simple powers of observation and empathy. . . . A book to savor slowly and then revisit again and again.-- "School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW"
Sidewalk Flowers wraps readers in kindness, tenderness, generosity and wonder.-- "Quill & Quire, STARRED REVIEW"
A quiet, graceful book about the perspective-changing wonder of humble, everyday pleasures.-- "Booklist, STARRED REVIEW"
Affecting, efficient, moving, kind. Lawson's done the impossible. He wrote poetry into a book without a single word, and you wouldn't have it any other way.-- "A Fuse #8 Production"
I'd give this book to anyone with a coffee table, in a household with or without children.-- "New York Times"