Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature
School year: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
No. of pages 30
Published: 2018
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This book is the winner of numerous awards
This book has been graded for interest at 0-3 years.
There are 30 pages in this book. This book was published in 2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company .
Accolades for Joyce Sidman 's books include a Newbery Honor, a Lee Bennet Hopkins Award, a Cybil Award, and two Caldecott Honors. She lives in Wayzata, Minnesota. www. joycesidman. com Beth Krommes is the illustrator of several award-winning books. She lives in Peterborough, New Hampshire, with her family.
This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Ages 7-10 Years
This book was recognised in the Ages 7-10 Years category by the Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens.
Volunteer State Book Award - Primary School
This book was recognised in the Primary School category by the Volunteer State Book Award.
Virginia Readers Choice Award - Primary School
This book was recognised in the Primary School category by the Virginia Readers Choice Award.
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books - Children
This book was recognised in the Children category of the Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books.
Minnesota Book Award
This book was recognised by the Minnesota Book Award.
Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award - Nonfiction - Beginning
This book was recognised in the Nonfiction - Beginning category by the Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award.
Monarch Award
This book was recognised by the Monarch Award.
Young Hoosier Book Award - Picture Book
This book was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Young Hoosier Book Award.
Red Clover Award
This book was recognised by the Red Clover Award.
The Charlotte Zolotow Award is given annually to the author of the best picture book text published in the United States in the preceding year. Any picture book for young children (birth through age seven) originally written in English and published by a U.S. or Canadian publisher in 2024 will be eligible for consideration for the 2025 Zolotow Award. The book may be fiction, nonfiction or folklore, as long as it is presented in picture book form for children in the birth through age seven range. Translated books, poetry collections, and easy readers are not eligible.
Established in 1998, the award is named to honor the work of Charlotte Zolotow, a distinguished children’s book editor for 38 years with Harper Junior Books. The award was established and is administered by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center, a children’s literature library of the School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Each year a committee of children’s literature experts selects the winner from the books published in the preceding year. Members of the selection committee are appointed to a two-year term by the CCBC professional staff based on an individual’s knowledge of children’s books, a demonstrated ability to evaluate children’s books and discuss them critically, and/or direct experience working professionally with children from birth through age seven. A CCBC librarian serves as one of the five members. Members are appointed to staggered, two-year terms. The committee will select one winner. It may also designate up to five honor books and up to ten titles to be included on a highly commended list that will call attention to outstanding writing in picture books.
Ladybug Picture Book Award
This book was recognised by the Ladybug Picture Book Award.
"The open-ended quality of the verse and the visual nature of the subject create plenty of opportunities for the art. The striking scratchboard illustrations use black lines, shapes, and crosshatched shading on white backgrounds to create strong compositions, while watercolor washes add subtle warmth and brilliance. . .There are, of course, many school uses for this, but just reading it aloud at home will make the everyday fascinating."--Booklist, starred review
"The observations, from a few words to a couple sentences, are tucked neatly into Krommes's gorgeous scratchboard spreads."--School Library Journal, starred review
"Exquisitely simple and memorable."--Kirkus, starred review
"From the endpapers that gather together all the spirals depicted to the spiraling text on the title page verso, this book is elegantly constructed, and as poetry, picture book, or nonfiction, a success in every way."--The Horn Book, starred review
"This is one of those rare children's books that make you look at the physical world differently. . .spirals are beautiful--whether we see in them hints of infinity, the promise of unfolding potential, or the embodiment of mathematical perfection."--Publishers Weekly, starred review