In 22 accessible free-verse poems, Sidman (The Girl Who Drew Butterflies) addresses Earth as a living being, marveling at its grandeur (“Earth,/ How can we ever understand/ your bigness?/ Our ...

Joyce Sidman’s keen eye for the natural world informs her many books of poetry. Her latest, “Hello, Earth!,” is framed as a conversation between a curious person and the planet itself, and it explores ...