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.

A poignant, wordless storyline . . . this ode to everyday beauty sings sweetly.-- "Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW"

A reminder that what looks like play can sometimes be a sacrament.-- "Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW"

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"

A quiet, graceful book about the perspective-changing wonder of humble, everyday pleasures.-- "Booklist, STARRED REVIEW"

I'd give this book to anyone with a coffee table, in a household with or without children.-- "New York Times"

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 Blog"

Publisher: Groundwood Books

Pub date: 2015-03-01

Length: 32 pages