Nova Scotia illustrator wins prestigious children's book award - CBC.ca

Sydney Smith won the 2021 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal for his book, Small in the City.

"It conveys just how it feels to be small in an overpowering city.

"It's unreal because it's one of the biggest prestigious awards for what I do, and so to be recognized that way, it just feels like, you know, I never sort of imagined that it could happen — although it's happened once before — I never thought it could happen again," he said.

"You feel a little bit like you're on an island — you're not sure how many days have passed and you judge time by the length of your beard, as if maybe you imagined everything before," he said.

"Now it just feels like, oh, yeah, that's right … I'm still part of this community and they still recognize me as someone who is important.".