Sidewalk Flowers

Author(s): JonArno Lawson

Wordless Picture Books

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.

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JonArno Lawson is a three-time winner of the Lion and the Unicorn Award for Excellence in North American Children s Poetry, and the author of numerous books for children and adults, including Enjoy It While It Hurts, Down in the Bottom of the Bottom of the Box, and Think Again. He lives in Toronto with his wife and three children. Sydney Smith was born in rural Nova Scotia, Canada, and has been drawing since an early age. Since graduating from NSCAD University, he has illustrated multiple children s books and he has received awards for his illustrations, including the Lillian Shepard Memorial Award for Excellence in Illustration. He now lives in Toronto and works in a shared studio space in Chinatown where he eats too many bahn mi sandwiches and goes to the library or Art Gallery of Ontario on his breaks."

General Fields

  • : 9781554984312
  • : Groundwood Books
  • : Groundwood Books
  • : 0.74
  • : February 2015
  • : 22.20 cmmm X 22.20 cmmm X 1.00 cmmm
  • : United States
  • : July 2014
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : JonArno Lawson
  • : Hardcover
  • : en
  • : [E]
  • : bl2015009152
  • : 32
  • : illustrations