Small in the City

It’s a masterpiece of thick, blurry lines and drifting snow, framing a child’s solitary yet celebratory experience of urban life. * BookTrust *
As with all the best picture books, the real story begins on the final page. * The Times, Best Books of the Year 2019 *
A stunning piece of work; thank you Sydney Smith. * The School Librarian *
Looking for something a little different for an imaginative child who likes art? Look no further. * The Irish Independent, Children’s Books of the Year *
Featured in The Bookseller’s September Previews. – Fiona Noble * The Bookseller *

Sydney Smith is the winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award and has twice won the Kate Greenaway Medal. He has illustrated multiple children’s books, including Town Is by the Sea by Joanne Schwartz, the winner of the 2017 Kate Greenaway Medal, The White Cat and the Monk, written by Jo Ellen Bogart, I Talk Like a River and My Baba’s Garden, both written by Jordan Scott, Do You Remember?, Island Storm written by Brian Floca, and the acclaimed Footpath Flowers, which was a New York Times Children’s Book of the Year and a winner of the Governor General Award for Illustration.

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