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A review by iseefeelings
Small in the City by Sydney Smith
5.0
Three years living far from home, I know deeply what it's like to feel small in the city. I hadn't known the book was both written and illustrated by a local artist until I saw the old Toronto streetcars and familiar scenes of the city; then for a moment, I could see myself captured in those vignettes: tiny, gloomy and kind of lost.
For the days like these when I’m tired and depressed, all I want is to go home.
”But I know you, you will be alright.”
Those words came as a sign.
My eyes were red – as if I was heard by a stranger without me even muttering a word –
and I feel like being embraced. I guess that's what a great picture book should do as well: come at the right time and leave you in love and warmth.
For the days like these when I’m tired and depressed, all I want is to go home.
”But I know you, you will be alright.”
Those words came as a sign.
My eyes were red – as if I was heard by a stranger without me even muttering a word –
and I feel like being embraced. I guess that's what a great picture book should do as well: come at the right time and leave you in love and warmth.