Sydney has received the Amelia Frances Howard Gibbon Illustrator’s Award. He is also the illustrator of Grant and Tillie Go Walking by Monica Kulling and The White Cat and the Monk by Jo Ellen Bogart. Since graduating from NSCAD University, he has illustrated multiple children’s books, including the highly acclaimed wordless picture book Sidewalk Flowers, conceived by Jon Arno Lawson, which won a Governor General’s Award and was shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal. Sydney Smith was born in rural Nova Scotia and has been drawing from an early age. Joanne has been a children’s librarian for more than twenty-five years. Her most recent book is Pinny in Summer, illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant. Her other books include City Alphabet and City Numbers, with photos by Matt Beam, and two Inuit folktales with Cape Dorset elder Qaunaq Mikkigak The Legend of the Fog, illustrated by Danny Christopher, and Grandmother Ptarmigan, illustrated by Qin Leng. Her first picture book, Our Corner Grocery Store, illustrated by Laura Beingessner, was nominated for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.Joanne Schwartz was born in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.Įxplain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting) The ever-present ocean and inevitable pattern of life in a Cape Breton mining town will enthrall children and move adult readers.Ĭorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: With curriculum connections to communities and the history of mining, this beautifully understated and haunting story brings a piece of Canadian history to life.
Stunning illustrations by Sydney Smith, the award-winning illustrator of Sidewalk Flowers, show the striking contrast between a sparkling seaside day and the darkness underground where the miners dig. Winner of CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal Winner of the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award A young boy wakes up to the sound of the sea, visits his grandfather's grave after lunch and comes home to a simple family dinner with his family, but all the while his mind strays to his father digging for coal deep down under the sea.
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