num_pages: 32
description: "You respond to the universal pet story before the illustrations show that Cindy is a young woman with Down's syndrome. [This book] is remarkable in telling it as Cindy sees it. Lightburn's realistic pictures in soft-tone colored pencil have the same beautiful sense of fragility, steadfastness, and connection."― Booklist (starred review)
language: English
title: How Smudge Came
titlecomplete: How Smudge Came
genres: Fiction, Childrens, Disability, Picture Books, Dogs, Animals
ratings_count: 153
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize
publisher: Walker Childrens