Sydney Smith (Illustrator)

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.

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

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.

Published works

• 2010: Mabel Murple by Sheree Fitch
• 2011: There Were Monkeys In My Kitchen by Sheree Fitch
• 2012: Toes In My Nose: And Other Poems by Sheree Fitch
• 2014: Jewel of the Thames (A Portia Adams Adventure Book 1) by Angela Misri
• 2014: Music Is For Everyone by Jill Barber
• 2015: Grant and Tillie Go Walking by Monica Kulling
• 2015: Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson
• 2016: Look Out for the Fitzgerald-Trouts by Esta Spalding
• 2016: The White Cat and the Monk: A Retelling of the Poem "Pangur Bán" by Jo Ellen Bogart

• "Q and A Sidewalk Flowers illustrator Sydney Smith". Quill and Quire. February 24, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2016.