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Sidman, Joyce

Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold

32 pp. | Houghton | November, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-547-90650-8 $17.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Rick Allen. Sidman exemplifies winter survival strategies of a well-chosen sample of species. Her poems are precise, evocative, lyrical, varied in tone; facts in succinct (separate) prose illuminate the imagery of each. It's as beautiful visually as it is verbally: winter's browns, blues, and whites are warmed with glowing honey tones; a note describes Allen's "unlikely marriage" of hand-colored linoleum blocks with computer techniques. Glos.

Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2014