Swirl by Swirl - Spirals in Nature

About the author

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, the Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, the Claudia Lewis Award, and many stars and best books lists. For her award-winning body of work, she won the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. She lives in Wayzata, Minnesota. Visit joycesidman.com
 
Beth Krommes is the Caldecott Winning illustrator of The House in the Night  and other beautifully illustrated, much-acclaimed picture books like Swirl by Swirl, and  Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow. She lives in Peterborough, NH. Visit her online at www.bethkrommes.com.

Summary

A Caldecott medalist and a Newbery Honor-winning poet celebrate the beauty and value of spirals.What makes the tiny snail shell so beautiful? Why does that shape occur in nature over and over again—in rushing rivers, in a flower bud, even inside your ear?
With simplicity and grace, Joyce Sidman's poetry paired with Beth Krommes's scratchboard illustrations not only reveal the many spirals in nature—from fiddleheads to elephant tusks, from crashing waves to spiraling galaxies—but also celebrate the beauty and usefulness of this fascinating shape.

Product details

• Authors: Joyce Sidman
• Assisted by: Beth Krommes (Illustration), Krommes Beth (Illustration)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 7
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.10.2011
• EAN: 9780547315836
• ISBN: 978-0-547-31583-6
• No. of pages: 40
• Dimensions: 235 mm x 235 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 352 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Picture books; JUVENILE FICTION / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Poetry / General, Educational: Biology, Children’s interactive and activity books and kits, Children’s picture books, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Information resources, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Plants and trees, Children’s / Teenage: Poetry, Early years: the body and the senses, Early years: size, shapes and patterns, Educational: Mathematics and numeracy, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Science & Nature / Biology, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Poetry / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Mathematics / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Concepts / Size & Shape, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Art / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Animals / Baby Animals