Joyce Sidman (born June 4, 1956) 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,
References
External links
"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
Joyce Sidman at Library of Congress Authorities — with 14 catalog records