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Joyce Sidman (born June 4, 1956) is an American children's writer. She was a runner-up for the 2011 Newbery Medal, and won the Sibert Medal in 2019.
She graduated from Wesleyan University, with a B.A. in German.
She is married and lives in Wayzata, Minnesota with her husband and their two sons.
Selected Works
= Poetry
=Like the Air. Georgetown, KY: Finishing Line Press, 1999. ISBN 978-0-9664324-2-8
= Children's books
=Just Us Two: Poems about Animal Dads. Illustrator Susan Swan. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook Press, 2000.
Eureka!: Poems about Inventors. Illustrator K. Bennett Chavez. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0-7613-1665-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
The World According to Dog: Poems and Teen Voices. Illustrator Doug Mindel. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 2003. ISBN 978-0-618-17497-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
Song of the Water Boatman: Pond Poems. Illustrator Beckie Prange. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 2004. ISBN 978-0-618-13547-9. joyce sidman.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
Meow Ruff: A Story in Concrete Poetry. Illustrator Michelle Berg. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 2006. ISBN 978-0-618-44894-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow. Illustrator Beth Krommes. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 2006. ISBN 978-0-618-56313-5. joyce sidman.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness. Illustrator Pamela Zagarensky. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007. ISBN 978-0-618-61680-0
Red Sings From Treetops: A Year in Colors. Illustrator Pamela Zagarensky. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 2009. ISBN 978-0-547-01494-4. joyce sidman.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night|
Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature's Survivors, Illustrator Beckie Prange, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2010, ISBN 978-0-618-71719-4
Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature, Illustrator Beth Krommes, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011, ISBN 978-0-547-31583-6
Round, Illustrated by Taeeun Yoo, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017, ISBN 978-0-544-38761-4. Round received Mathical Honors
The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018, ISBN 978-0-544-71713-8
References
External links
Official website
"Interview with Joyce Sidman", Wild Rose Reader, April 18, 2008
"Interview with Joyce Sidman", Class of 2k11, Sheila O'Connor, January 25, 2011
"Joyce Sidman", Children's Book Almanac
Sylvia M. Vardell (2007). Poetry people: a practical guide to children's poets. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-59158-443-8.
Joyce Sidman at Library of Congress Authorities — with 14 catalog records