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list price: $14.95
category: Children's Fiction
published: March 2015
ISBN:9781554988556
publisher:
Groundwood Books Ltd
list price: $14.95
category: Children's Fiction
published: March 2015
ISBN:9781554988556
publisher:
Groundwood Books Ltd
Description
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.
Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age:
- 4 to 7
- Grade:
- p to 2
- Reading age:
- 4 to 7
Awards
- Commended, IBBY Outstanding Books for People with Disabilities
- Short-listed, Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award
- Winner, Michigan Library Association Mitten Award
- Commended, USBBY Outstanding International Books
- Winner, National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award for Book Illustration
- Commended, ALA Notable Children's Book
- Commended, TD Summer Reading Club Top Recommended Reads
- Short-listed, CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal
- Winner, Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award
- Winner, Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award
- Commended, A Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year
- Commended, School Library Journal Best Picture Books of the Year
- Commended, Globe 100 Best Books
- Commended, National Post Best Books of the Year
- Commended, New York Public Library Best 100 Books for Reading and Sharing
- Commended, Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year
- Commended, NCTE Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children, Recommended Book
- Commended, New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of the Year
- Winner, Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Illustrated Books
- Commended, Kirkus Best Picture Books of the Year
- Winner, Cybils Award, Fiction Picture Book
- Commended, Horn Book Fanfare
- Winner, Booksource Scout Award, Favourite Picture Book
- Long-listed, Goodreads Choice Award for Best Picture Book
- Commended, 49th Shelf Favourite Picture Books of the Year
Editorial Reviews
A quiet, graceful book about the perspective-changing wonder of humble, everyday pleasures.
— Booklist, STARRED REVIEW
A reminder that what looks like play can sometimes be a sacrament.
— Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW
I’d give this book to anyone with a coffee table, in a household with or without children.
— New York Times
A poignant, wordless storyline . . this ode to everyday beauty sings sweetly.
— Kirkus, 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
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
