Neal Porter Books/Holiday House
“How do we make memories? Which parts of them matter? This hushed and deeply tender story will spark many conversations.”
Horn Book (starred review)
“As in Smith’s previous stories, sensory descriptions beautifully gird the emotions of the visual narrative.”
Kirkus (starred review)
“It’s a loving familial portrait that envisions intentionality around the process of memory-making.”
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“The design and details in the illustrations ask readers to proceed slowly, think beyond what is stated, and construct their own interpretations of story and memory.”
Booklist (starred review)
Jordan Scott, Neal Porter Books/Holiday House
written by Jordan Scott
Neal Porter Books/Holiday House Books 2020
“Deft poetic language pairs with the resonant watercolours of Sydney Smith to create a book that is more than a memoir and more than conveying a message…Incomparable.”
–Betsy Bird, A Fuse 8 Production
Written and Illustrated by Sydney Smith
Neal Porter Books/Holiday House 2019
“The best picture book I’ve seen so far this year, and among the most moving I know.”
–The New York Times Book Review
Written by Joanne Schwartz.
Groundwood Books. 2017.
“This quietly devastating book…stirs timeless, elemental emotions.”
–The New York Times Book Review
written by Jo Ellen Bogart
Groundwood Books 2016
“Smith . . . imbues the text with contemporary visual language through his singular, elegantly minimalist graphic novel aesthetic.”
–Brain Pickings
Written by JonArno Lawson
Groundwood Books. 2015
★ “Picture book perfection.”
–Shelf Awareness, Starred Review
2010: Mabel Murple by Sheree Fitch (NImbus)
2011: There Were Monkeys In My Kitchen by Sheree Fitch (NImbus)
2012: Toes In My Nose: And Other Poems by Sheree Fitch (NImbus)
2014: Music Is For Everyone by Jill Barber (Nimbus)
2015: Grant and Tillie Go Walking by Monica Kulling (Groundwood Books)
2015: Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson (Groundwood Books)
2016: The White Cat and the Monk: A Retelling of the Poem "Pangur Bán" by Jo Ellen Bogart (Groundwood Books)
2017: Town Is by the Sea by Joanne Schwartz (Groundwood)
2018: Smoot: A Rebellious Shadow by Michelle Cuevas (Dial Books)
2019: Small in the City by Sydney Smith (Neal Porter Books/Holiday House)
2020: I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott (Neal Porter Books/Holiday House)
Works in Progress
