Sydney Smith

"Tucked in bed at a new apartment, a boy and his mother trade favorite memories. Some are idyllic, like a picnic with Dad, but others are more surprising: a fall from a bike into soft piled hay, the smell of an old oil lamp when a rainstorm blew the power out. Now it's just the two of them, and the house where all those memories happened is far away. But maybe someday, this will be a favorite memory, too: happy and sad, an end and a beginning intertwined....

Overview: 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....

A story about the special relationship between a child and his grandmother and the time they spend looking for worms for the garden.

"The Fitzgerald-Trouts are four barely related siblings living together in a small car on a lush tropical island, but when they begin to outgrow their small vehicle, they must band together to find a new home"--

After Smoot the shadow comes unstuck from his boy, he has a wild time that inspires other shadows to live out their dreams.

En un día nevado, un niño salta de un bus y camina entre altos edificios de oficinas, parques y calles concurridas. No sabemos hacia dónde se dirige ni por qué. Caminar solo por la gran ciudad puede ser aterrador si eres pequeño. ±La gente no te ve y el ruido es tan fuerte que a veces asusta; incluso es difícil saber hacia dónde ir o qué hacer.? Por eso, a medida que recorre el barrio, el protagonista observa atentamente lo que le rodea y...