Joyce Sidman
Joyce Sidman (born June 4, 1956 Hartford, Connecticut is an American children's writer. She won a 2011 Newbery Honor Award.[1]
She graduated from Wesleyan University, with a B.A. in German.[2] She is married and lives in Wayzata, Minnesota with her husband and their two sons.[3]
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.
- The World According to Dog: Poems and Teen Voices. Illustrator Doug Mindel. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 2003. ISBN 978-0-618-17497-3.
- Song of the Water Boatman: Pond Poems. Illustrator Beckie Prange. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 2004. ISBN 978-0-618-13547-9.
- Meow Ruff: A Story in Concrete Poetry. Illustrator Michelle Berg. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 2006. ISBN 978-0-618-44894-4.
- Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow. Illustrator Beth Krommes. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 2006. ISBN 978-0-618-56313-5.
- 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.
- Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night. Illustrator Rick Allen. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2010. ISBN 978-0-547-15228-8.
- 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
External links
- Author's 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.
