Joyce Sidman

Joyce Sidman (born June 4, 1956) is an American children's writer. She was a runner-up for the 2011 Newbery Medal.
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.

Works

Poetry

• Like the Air. Georgetown, KY: Finishing Line Press, 1999. ISBN 978-0-9664324-2-8

Children’s Books

• Just Us Two: Poems about Animal Dads. Illustrator Susan Swan. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook Press, 2000.
• Eureka!: Poems about Inventors. Illustrator K. Bennett Chavez. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0-7613-1665-7. 
• The World According to Dog: Poems and Teen Voices. Illustrator Doug Mindel. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 2003. ISBN 978-0-618-17497-3. 
• Song of the Water Boatman: Pond Poems. Illustrator Beckie Prange. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 2004. ISBN 978-0-618-13547-9. 
• Meow Ruff: A Story in Concrete Poetry. Illustrator Michelle Berg. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 2006. ISBN 978-0-618-44894-4. 
• Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow. Illustrator Beth Krommes. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 2006. ISBN 978-0-618-56313-5. 
• This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness. Illustrator Pamela Zagarensky. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007. ISBN 978-0-618-61680-0
• Red Sings From Treetops: A Year in Colors. Illustrator Pamela Zagarensky. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 2009. ISBN 978-0-547-01494-4. 
• Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night|
• Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature's Survivors, Illustrator Beckie Prange, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2010, ISBN 978-0-618-71719-4
• Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature, Illustrator Beth Krommes, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011, ISBN 978-0-547-31583-6

• Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night. Illustrator Rick Allen. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2010. ISBN 978-0-547-15228-8.