num_pages: 32
description: In the home where Cindy lives, no dogs are allowed, so she must bundle puppy up when she goes to work as a cleaning woman in the Hospice One patient is so blind with illness that he can barely see the dog; it looks like a smudge But, oh, how nice to hold the puppy What is Cindy to do? How will she care for Smudge? How Smudge Came was made into an award winning television movie and became an international best seller Awards and Winner of the 1996 Mr Christie Book AwardWinner of the 1996 Sheila A Egoff Children's Literature PrizeCanadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice Citation
language: English
title: How Smudge Came
titlecomplete: How Smudge Came
genres: Dogs, Picture Books, Childrens, Disability, Animals, Fiction
ratings_count: 153
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize
publisher: Red Deer Press