Books by Joyce Sidman
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review 1: I thought the book was interesting because it included a wide variety of topics. I enjoyed the poem about coyotes and ants. Some of the poems seemed strange because of their topics such as dandelions and bacteria. The poem about Mollusks was a little strange as well because of ho...
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review 1: "What the Heart Knows, Chants, Charms and Blessings" is a beautiful book by the Newbery Honor winner Joyce Sidman. It is a book of chants to repair friendship, celebrate happiness and bravery, spells, invocations, laments, and remembrances. She even has a poem called "How to fi...
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review 1: Dark emperor was a great book. The book was full of dark but cool colors to bring things to life in the dark. This poetry book takes you into the night to discover the wild creatures of the night. I think this book would help explaining to children that there are things that d...
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review 1: This book has the most creative artwork I have ever experienced. This amazing scratch art captures the eye of the child and draws them into interacting with the book. The book can be read on many levels. First find the plants, bugs, and creatures of all kinds hidden in each page...
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review 1: Sidman, J. (2009). Red sings from treetops: A year in colors. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.Picture Book Soak (one I really liked) This picture book is essentially one long poem in which each season of the year is described through colors. I love the author’s word choic...
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review 1: A wonderful package of poems, information to extend the poems, and gorgeous illustrations. I enjoyed the variety of styles of poems. I appreciated the artist's note about how the art was created. I also liked the inclusion of animals from previous poems appearing other pages and ...