Joyce Sidman
Joyce Sidman 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.
Children's books
- Just Us Two: Poems about Animal Dads. Illustrator Susan Swan. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook Press, 2000.
- This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness. Illustrator Pamela Zagarensky. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
- Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night|
- Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature's Survivors, Illustrator Beckie Prange, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2010,
- Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature, Illustrator Beth Krommes, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011,
- Round, Illustrated by Taeeun Yoo, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017,. Round received Mathical Honors
- The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018,