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Joyce Sidman

Joyce Sidman’s books have won a Newbery Honor (Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night), a Sibert Award for Nonfiction (The Girl Who Drew Butterflies) and two Caldecott Honors. Her book What the Heart Knows was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. In 2013, she received the NCTE Award for Excellence in Children’s Poetry for her body of work. When not writing or roaming the woods, she teaches poetry writing in schools with COMPAS.org of Saint Paul.

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Bibliography

Hello, Earth! Poems to Our Planet, illustrated by Miran Asiain Lora (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021)

The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian’s Art Changed Science (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018)

Round, illustrated by Taaeun Yoo (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017)

Before Morning, illustrated by Beth Krommes (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016)

Winter Bees and Other Poems of the Cold, illustrated by Rick Allen (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014)

What the Heart Knows: Chants, Charms & Blessings, illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013)

Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature, illustrated by Beth Krommes (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011)

Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night, illustrated by Rick Allen (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010)

Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature’s Survivors, illustrated by Beckie Prange (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010)

Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors, illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009)

This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness, illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2007)

Butterfly Eyes and Other Poems of the Meadow, Illustrated by Beth Krommes (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006)

Meow Ruff: A Story in Concrete Poetry, illustrated by Michelle Berg (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006)

Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems, illustrated by Beckie Prange (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006)

The World According to Dog: Poems and Teen Voices, illustrated by Doug Mindell (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005)

Eureka! Poems about Inventors, illustrated by K. Bennet Chavez (Millbrook Press, 2002)

Just Us Two: Poems About Animal Dads, illustrated by Susan Swan (Millbrook Press, 2000)

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