Results for: joyce sidman

Below is a list of 7 the books by this author.

Book cover of BEFORE MORNING
BEFORE MORNING
By: joyce sidman | Published: October 2016

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...

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 that reads as pure song and illustrations of astonishingly beautiful scratchboard art, Sidman and Krommes remind us that sometimes, if spoken from the heart, wishes really can come true.

Theme: Seasons

  • ISBN
    9780547979175
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Picture Book
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Book cover of DEAR TREEFROG
DEAR TREEFROG
By: joyce sidman | Published: April 2021

"With magical, concise and perceptive poems, Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman captures the life of a tree frog in an intimate and moving...

"With magical, concise and perceptive poems, Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman captures the life of a tree frog in an intimate and moving way. A master of the science note, her fascinating sidebars help bind the twin poems together and ground our perspective. We learn how treefrogs have sticky toe pads, how they still themselves when in danger, how they can change from green to gray to camouflage themselves - even how they eat their own skins, which is full of nutrients. The narrator's connection with this small creature brings solace, comfort, and a sense of mystery"--

  • ISBN
    9780358064763
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Picture Book
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Book cover of GIRL WHO DREW BUTTERFLIES
GIRL WHO DREW BUTTERFLIES
By: joyce sidman | Published: July 2022

SIBERT MEDAL WINNER SEVEN STARRED REVIEWS Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman explores the extraordinary life and scientific discoveries of...

SIBERT MEDAL WINNER SEVEN STARRED REVIEWS Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman explores the extraordinary life and scientific discoveries of Maria Merian, who helped pioneer the truth about metamorphosis and documented the science behind the mystery in this "exceptionally crafted visual biography" (starred review, Kirkus) that features many original paintings by Maria herself.

  • ISBN
    9780358667933
  • Binding
    Paperback
  • Category
    Junior Fiction
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Book cover of THIS IS JUST TO SAY
THIS IS JUST TO SAY
By: joyce sidman | Published: February 2014

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...

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 that, but they get the people to whom they apologized to write poems back. In haiku, pantoums, two-part poems, snippets, and rhymes, Mrs. Merz's class writes of crushes, overbearing parents, loving and losing pets, and more. Some poets are deeply sorry; some not at all. Some are forgiven; some are not. In each pair of poems a relationship, a connection, is revealed.

  • ISBN
    9780544105072
  • Binding
    Paperback
  • Category
    Poetry
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Book cover of UBIQUITOUS
UBIQUITOUS
By: joyce sidman | Published: April 2010

From the creators of the Caldecott Honor Book Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems comes a celebration of ubiquitous life forms among us....

From the creators of the Caldecott Honor Book Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems comes a celebration of ubiquitous life forms among us. Newbery Honor-winning poet Joyce Sidman presents another unusual blend of fine poetry and fascinating science illustrated in exquisite hand-colored linocuts by Caldecott Honor artist Beckie Prange. Ubiquitous (yoo-bik-wi-tuhs): Something that is (or seems to be) everywhere at the same time. Why is the beetle, born 265 million years ago, still with us today? (Because its wings mutated and hardened). How did the gecko survive 160 million years? (By becoming nocturnal and developing sticky toe pads.) How did the shark and the crow and the tiny ant survive millions and millions of years? When 99 percent of all life forms on earth have become extinct, why do some survive? And survive not just in one place, but in many places: in deserts, in ice, in lakes and puddles, inside houses and forest and farmland? Just how do they become ubiquitous?

  • ISBN
    9780618717194
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Science - General
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Book cover of WE ARE BRANCHES
WE ARE BRANCHES
By: joyce sidman | Published: May 2023

Beth Krommes and poet Joyce Sidman team up in this singular celebration of a fascinating shape in nature. Branches are all around us: in butterfly...

Beth Krommes and poet Joyce Sidman team up in this singular celebration of a fascinating shape in nature. Branches are all around us: in butterfly wings, on gecko toes, in flowers, frost, and mud. Whether as electricity moving across the sky or rivers flowing to the sea, branches are nature's most efficient way to spread and to connect. They are even found inside our own bodies, helping us reach and grow with each breath and heartbeat.

  • ISBN
    9780358538189
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Science - Earth, Ecology & Ecosystems
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Book cover of WHAT THE HEART KNOWS
WHAT THE HEART KNOWS
By: joyce sidman | Published: October 2013

What the Heart Knows: Chants, Charms, and Blessings is a collection of poems to provide comfort, courage, and humor at difficult or daunting moments...

What the Heart Knows: Chants, Charms, and Blessings is a collection of poems to provide comfort, courage, and humor at difficult or daunting moments in life. It conjures forth laments, spells, invocations, chants, blessings, promises, songs, and charms. Here are pleas on how to repair a friendship, wishes to transform one's life or to slow down time, charms to face the shame of a disapproving crowd, invocations to ask for forgiveness, to understand the mysteries of happiness, and to bravely face a dark and different world. These words help usremember or grieve; they bolster courage and guard against evil; they help us celebrate and give thanks. This elegant gift book also includes a red ribbon for readers to mark their favorite poems. Poet extraordinaire Joyce Sidman won the Newbery Honor Medal for Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night and continues to write poetry for children that has been called fresh," "inspiring," and "accessible" to her young audience. She is intrigued by the idea of "words of power"-chants and charms that were once believed to have real influence in everyday life. Caldecott Honor-winning Pamela Zagarenski's beautiful art captures a world of emotion and the essence of Sidman's words. "

  • ISBN
    9780544106161
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    High School - Poetry
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