Red Sings from Treetops: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner

With original and spot-on perceptions, Joyce Sidman's poetry brings the colors of the seasons to life in a fresh light, combining the senses of sight, sound, smell and taste. In this Caldecott Honor book, illustrator Pam Zagarenski's interpretations go beyond the concrete, allowing us to not just see color, but feel it.

Author: Joyce Sidman
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 04/01/2009
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 10.10h x 10.30w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780547014944
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.2
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 129255 / Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors


Award: Minnesota Book Award - Winner
Award: Children's Book Committee Award - Winner
Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Cybils - Winner
Award: Caldecott Medal - Honor Book


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 02/01/2009
Publishers Weekly 02/16/2009 pg. 127
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2009 pg. 187
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2009 - Book Of Special Distinction
School Library Journal 04/01/2009 pg. 126
Booklist 05/01/2009 pg. 81
New York Times Book Review 11/08/2009 pg. 20
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2010 pg. 14
ALA Notable Children's Books 03/01/2010 pg. 24
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2009 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style

About the Author
Zagarenski, Pamela: - Pamela Zagarenski is the winner of two Caldecott Honors. The books she has illustrated have also been Booklist Editor's Choices, Horn Book Fanfare and Bulletin Blue Ribbon books, winners of Bank Street's Claudia Lewis Award, and translated into many languages. As well as illustrating picture books, she creates paintings and has a gift card line. She lives in Connecticut. Visit her online at pzagarenski.com, on Instagram @sacredbee, and Twitter @sacredbeez.Sidman, Joyce: - The Newbery Honor winner and Sibert Medalist Joyce Sidman is today's foremost nature poet for children. Accolades for her books include two Caldecott Honors, a Lee Bennet Hopkins Award, winner of the Claudia Lews Award, and many stars and best of lists. For her award-winning body of work, she won the Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. She lives in Wayzata, Minnesota. Visit www.joycesidman.com