Joyce Sidman

• Apr-2009
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With original and spot-on perceptions, Joyce Sidman's poetry brings the colors of the seasons to life in a fresh light, combining the senses of sight, sound, smell and taste. In this Caldecott Honor book, illustrator Pam Zagarenski's interpretatio...

• Oct-2011
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A Caldecott medalist and a Newbery Honor-winning poet celebrate the beauty and value of spirals. What makes the tiny snail shell so beautiful? Why does that shape occur in nature over and over again -- in rushing rivers, in a flower bud, even inside ...

• Feb-2014
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Poems that say "I'm sorry" reveal the power of words to a sixth-grade class. When Mrs. Merz asks her sixth grade class to write poems of apology, they end up liking their poems so much that they decide to put them together into a book. Not only t...

• Oct-2016
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There are planes to fly and buses to catch, but a child uses the power of words, in the form of an invocation, to persuade fate to bring her family a snow day -- a day slow and unhurried enough to spend at home together. In a spare text ...

• Mar-2017
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If you look closely, you will find that the world is bursting, swelling, budding, and ripening with round things awaiting discovery -- like eggs about to hatch, sunflowers stretching toward the sun, or planets slowly spinning together for billions of...

• Nov-2018
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Sidman's lyrical poetry and Krommes' charming illustrations illuminate this intriguing shape found all throughout the universe. Young readers will enjoy discovering all of the different spirals in nature in this new board book edition. Wh...

• Jun-2021
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Capturing the joy of finding a kindred spirit, this stunning picture book by Newbery Honorâ€"winning poet Joyce Sidman tells the story of a lonely girl moving into a new home and the little treefrog that helps her connect to the beautiful w...