Sydney Smith is a Canadian illustrator of children's books. He was awarded the 2015 Governor General’s Award For Illustrated Children’s Books for Sidewalk Flowers, a wordless picture book which he illustrated with author JonArno Lawson. He currently resides in Halifax, Nova Scotia.[1]

Education

Smith studied drawing and printmaking at NSCAD University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.[2] It was while studying there that he realized his interest for illustrating children's books.

Career

Smith has worked for two different publishing houses in his career as an illustrator: Nimbus Publishing and Groundwood Books. In addition to his work as an illustrator for children's books, Smith has also done graphic design work for Canadian musical acts Hey Rosetta! and Old Man Luedecke.[3]

Published works

Awards and recognition

Year Award Book Result
2015 Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award for Excellence in Illustration[4] Music Is For Everyone Won
2015 Governor General’s Award For Illustrated Children’s Books[5] Sidewalk Flowers Won
2015 Prix Libbylit for Best Picture Book (Belgium)[6] Sidewalk Flowers Won
2015 New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year[7] Sidewalk Flowers Won
2015 Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year[8] Sidewalk Flowers Won
2015 Goodreads Choice Awards Best Picture Books[9] Sidewalk Flowers Nominated
2016 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award[10] Sidewalk Flowers Won
2018 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal[11] Town Is by the Sea Won
2018 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award[12] Town Is by the Sea Won
2021 Kate Greenaway Medal[13][14] Small in the City Won

References

  1. ↑ "About".
  2. ↑ "Q and A Sidewalk Flowers illustrator Sydney Smith". Quill and Quire. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Q and A Sidewalk Flowers illustrator Sydney Smith". Quill and Quire. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award for Excellence in Illustration". The Canadian Children's Book Centre. 2015. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Sidewalk Flowers - Anansi Press". Anansi Press. 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Prix Libbylit". Ricochet Jeune. 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "Sidewalk Flowers - Anansi Press". Anansi Press. 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Sidewalk Flowers - Anansi Press". Anansi Press. 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "Sidewalk Flowers - Anansi Press". Anansi Press. 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Sidewalk Flowers wins CLA's 2016 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award". Canadian Library Association. 15 April 2016.
  11. ↑ "PW: Geraldine McCaughrean, Sydney Smith Win 2018 Carnegie, Greenaway Medals". Publishers Weekly. 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  12. ↑ "Best Canadian children's book of 2018? It just won a $50,000 prize". thestar. 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  13. ↑ Flood, Alison (16 June 2021). "Jason Reynolds wins Carnegie medal for 'breathtaking' Look Both Ways". the Guardian. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  14. ↑ "Reynolds, Smith win 2021 Carnegie, Greenaway medals". Books+Publishing. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
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