Author record · 2006 to 2025
Joyce Sidman: Awards and Best-of Lists
Joyce Sidman has won 1 award, the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal (2019) for The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science, with 5 shortlist or finalist places and 35 year-end list picks in our archive.
Also credited with Beckie Prange, Pamela Zagarenski, Rick Allen
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Dear Acorn (Love, Oak) | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2025 | Dear Acorn (Love, Oak): Letter Poems to Friends | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Poetry | |
| 2021 | Dear Treefrog | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2021 | Hello, Earth! | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2021 | Hello, Earth! Poems to Our Planet | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Poetry | |
| 2021 | Hello, Earth!: Poems to Our Planet | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Poetry | |
| 2019 | The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science | Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Informational Book | |
| 2018 | The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2018 | The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2018 | The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian’s Art Changed Science | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Middle Readers | |
| 2018 | The Girl Who Drew Butterflies | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2017 | Round | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2017 | Round | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2016 | Before Morning | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Young Readers | |
| 2016 | Before Morning | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2016 | Before Morning | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2016 | Before Morning | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2016 | Before Morning | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2014 | Winter Bees and Other Poems of the Cold | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2014 | Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2014 | Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2013 | What the Heart Knows: Chants, Charms & Blessings | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Young Adult Literature | |
| 2011 | Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night | John Newbery Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Children's Literature | |
| 2011 | Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Picture Book | |
| 2011 | Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Young Readers | |
| 2011 | Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2011 | Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2011 | Swirl by Swirl | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2010 | Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors | Randolph Caldecott Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Picture Book | |
| 2010 | Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Middle Readers | |
| 2010 | Ubiquitous | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |
| 2010 | Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature's Survivors | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's Picture | |
| 2010 | Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature’s Survivors | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2010 | Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Poetry | |
| 2009 | Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Young | |
| 2009 | Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Poetry | |
| 2007 | This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2006 | Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems | Randolph Caldecott Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Picture Book | |
| 2006 | Meow Ruff: A Story in Concrete Poetry | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: The Young | |
| 2006 | Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's |
Books
- Before Morning5 sources · 2016
- The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science5 sources · 2018 to 2019
- Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night4 sources · 2010 to 2011
- Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature4 sources · 2011
- Winter Bees and Other Poems of the Cold4 sources · 2014
- Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors3 sources · 2009 to 2010
- Ubiquitous3 sources · 2010
- Dear Acorn (Love, Oak)2 sources · 2025
- Hello, Earth!2 sources · 2021
- Round2 sources · 2017
- Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow1 source · 2006
- Dear Treefrog1 source · 2021
- Hello, Earth! Poems to Our Planet1 source · 2021
- Meow Ruff: A Story in Concrete Poetry1 source · 2006
- Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems1 source · 2006
- This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness1 source · 2007
- What the Heart Knows: Chants, Charms & Blessings1 source · 2013