num_pages: 32
description: Cindy knows the street is no place for a puppy. Into her bag he goes. Dogs aren't allowed at the home where she lives, so Cindy hides her pet in her room. The next day, she bundles him in her apron when she leaves for her job as a cleaning woman at the Hospice, where one of the patients, who is nearly blind, sees the puppy as a smudge. Oh, how nice it is to hold the puppy! If only Cindy could keep him. But rules are rules. What will she do?The answer comes in a surprise ending that turns out to be the perfect solution for Cindy and her new best friend, Smudge.
language: English
title: How Smudge Came
titlecomplete: How Smudge Came
genres: Fiction, Animals, Picture Books, Childrens, Dogs, Disability
ratings_count: 153
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize
publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside