Joyce Sidman
Writing has helped me to understand and celebrate life. My recent poetry books for children include Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors (a Caldecott Honor Book and a Minnesota Book Award Winner) and This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness (a Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Honor book).
Joyce was outstanding . . . the atmosphere she set in the classroom was so conducive to learning that the children could hardly wait until it was time to write.
Bonnie Hatton, Teacher, Gleason Lake Elementary School
