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How Smudge Came
By Nan Gregory and Ron Lightburn (illustrator)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Orca Book Pub
Publication date January 1, 1996
Binding Hardcover
Edition Ill
Book category Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13 9780889951433
ISBN-10 0889951438
Dimensions 0.50 by 11.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight 1 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Published in Canada
Original list price $15.95
Other format details juvenile
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Cindy, who has to work all day, fights to keep the small stray dog she finds on the street
Amazon.com description: Product 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?

Reviews
"A moving story with a happy ending."
_ Quill & Quire

"A beautiful story, lovingly told and illustrated."
_ Resource Link

Nan Gregory is a professional storyteller and has performed in schools, libraries, hospitals, parks and theatres, at conferences and festivals, and from the back of a horse-drawn sleigh. Her career has taken her across Canada and to the United States, Japan and New Zealand.

Ron Lightburn is an internationally renowned illustrator of books for children. His illustrations in the picture book Waiting for the Whales earned him the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Illustration, the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award for Illustration and the Elizabeth Mrazik Cleaver Picture Book Award.



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Hardcover
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Ill edition from Orca Book Pub (January 1, 1996)
9780889951433 | details & prices | 11.50 × 9.50 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 1-2 | 1.00 lbs | List price $15.95
About: Cindy, who has to work all day, fights to keep the small stray dog she finds on the street
Paperback
Book cover for 9780802775221 Book cover for 9780889951617
 
from Red Deer Pr (September 1, 1998)
9780889951617 | details & prices | 32 pages | List price $15.95
About: Cindy is developmentally challenged and no pets are allowed in the home where she lives, so she must hide her new-found puppy in her room until she can find someone to care for him.
Reprint edition from Walker & Co (March 1, 1997)
9780802775221 | details & prices | 9.25 × 11.25 × 0.25 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $6.95
About: Cindy, who has to work all day, fights to keep the small stray dog she finds on the street
Reinforced
Book cover for 9780606171335
 
from Demco Media (June 1, 1997)
9780606171335 | details & prices | 11.25 × 9.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $15.80
About: Cindy, who has to work all day, fights to keep the small stray dog she finds on the street
Prebinding
from Turtleback Books (October 1, 1999)
9780613027977 | details & prices | 11.50 × 9.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $15.25
About: Cindy, who has to work all day, fights to keep the small stray dog she finds on the street

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