Caldecott award winning book 2009

Reviews

One of the best reviews of The House in the Night is the one from Rebecca Reads. When I read this book I was so taken in with the way Susan Marie Swanson drew me into the objects in the story. It was so smoothly done. I immediately thought of another work by a writer who is a children’s poet. Joyce Sidman packs poetic expression into scientific observations in her Butterfly Eyes. This talent is not often found in poets and writers of natural things.

Review

 I always remember my grandma when I read a book like this one. She always told me, read the best authors and you will become even better at writing your own stories.

Joyce Sidman

 Sidman is a genius of a writer when it comes to nature's ways. "Plunk" and"eeee" can be heard in the mind of the reader of Song of the Water Boatman, as if the pond dwellers were right there before you and your child. You just know the cycle of life is alive and well. This one book has won awards in poetry, nonfiction, and illustration. That's not an easy thing to do in children's literature.

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 Urban Nature Boy Book review in New York Times

Brimful Curiousities Review

Barnes and Noble review

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