![]() ![]() I've never served on the Caldecott committee, but I imagine that coming across a book as clearly award-worthy as this and having to put it aside would be rather wrenching. It's a breathtaking picture book.but it's not eligible for the Caldecott: Sydney Smith is a Canadian citizen living in Canada. And the art! Smith illustrated Sidewalk Flowers, and all that intimacy and close observation is here as well, but this book adds glorious double-page seascapes that capture the changing look of the ocean as the light changes throughout the day (and captures sunlight on water more accurately and evocatively than anything I've ever seen) and contrasts them with the overwhelming darkness of the underground mine, to shivery, visceral effect. It's one of those picture books that's simple on the surface, profound underneath. And that someday in the future, it will be his turn. ![]() Written by Joanne Schwartz, with pictures by Sydney Smith, Town Is by the Sea follows a boy as he goes about his ordinary summer day - playing on the playground, eating lunch, going to the store to get groceries for his mom - all the while knowing that his coal-miner father is working underground. ![]() Next month Groundwood Books will release one of the most beautiful picture books of the year. ![]()
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