Awards

• Commended for Cybils (Poetry) 2015
• Winner of Children's Book Committee Award (Poetry) 2015
• Winner of Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award (Children's Picture) 2015
• Winner of Minnesota Book Award (Children's Literature) 2015

Overview

***NOMINATED FOR 2015 KIRKUS PRIZE*** Come to the bitter cold that blows through these poems! Feel the warmth of life that breathes into the beaver burrowing deep beneath the snow. Discover the safe places where creatures survive, and how they stay alive in the wintertime-until roots poke from puddles of slush and broken ice to welcome the sun! Then watch as spring melts the frost from this outstanding collection of poems paired with stunning linoleum prints that celebrate nature, along with her beauty and power. AGES: 6-9 AUTHOR: The Newbery Honor Award winner Joyce Sidman is simply one of the best poets writing for children today. For her body of work, she recently won the Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. She lives in Wayzata, Minnesota, where she has grown to know the cold. joycesidman.com Rick Allen endures the winter by pressing original linoleum cuts, curious wood engravings, and other printed ephemera in collaboration with his wife and creative partner, Marian Lansky, and their assistant, Janelle Miller. kenspeckleletterpress.com Colour illustrations

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* Each poem brings a sense of humor, respect, or wonder to its subject. -- Publishers Weekly, starred review* Concluded with a glossary of big but fascinating words, this is equally suited to curricular units and cozy reads in front of a fire. -- Booklist, starred review* A work to be savored by young artists and scientists. -- Kirkus, starred review * This is a fine collection for classroom use at any time, but it'll bring extra impact to those who can find a way to share it at dusk with the lights dimmed, watching through the windows as the nocturnal ballet begins outside. -- The Bulletin, starred review * The dark lines of Allen's skillful lino cut prints make the perfect accompaniment to a book of night poems. -- Horn Book, starred review

* Each poem brings a sense of humor, respect, or wonder to its subject. -- Publishers Weekly, starred review

* Each poem brings a sense of humor, respect, or wonder to its subject. -- Publishers Weekly, starred review* Concluded with a glossary of big but fascinating words, this is equally suited to curricular units and cozy reads in front of a fire. -- Booklist, starred review* A work to be savored by young artists and scientists. -- Kirkus, starred review * This is a fine collection for classroom use at any time, but it'll bring extra impact to those who can find a way to share it at dusk with the lights dimmed, watching through the windows as the nocturnal ballet begins outside. -- The Bulletin, starred review * The dark lines of Allen's skillful lino cut prints make the perfect accompaniment to a book of night poems. -- Horn Book, starred review

Author Information

The Newbery Honor Award winner Joyce Sidman is simply one of the best poets writing for children today. For her body of work, she recently won the Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. She lives in Wayzata, Minnesota, where she has grown to know the cold. joycesidman.com Rick Allen endures the winter by pressing original linoleum cuts, curious wood engravings, and other printed ephemera in collaboration with his wife and creative partner, Marian Lansky, and their assistant, Janelle Miller. kenspeckleletterpress.com

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