Sidewalk Flowers

Sidewalk Flowers

by Jon A Lawson, Sydney Smith (Illustrator)
Publisher: Groundwood Books
Hardcover, 32 pages
Price: $16.95

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 Jon Arno 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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