A Smiling Face

by Eleanor Frances Lattimore

Seven-year-old Grace wants to be friends with the black girl who moves next door but must wait for the neighborhood adults to change their attitude.

126 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

Lattimore was an American author and illustrator born in what was called the American Compound in Shanghai and raised in China where her father, David Lattimore, taught English at a Chinese government university.
Lattimore came to the United States and studied art in Oakland, California, Boston, and New York City and worked for several years as a freelance artist. She became known as the author and illustrator of more than fifty popular children's books; her first book, Little Pear, is considered a children's classic.