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Peter Sís

Peter Sís has received the Robert F. Sibert Medal, three Caldecott Honors, and a Sydney Taylor Honor. He was the first children’s book creator to receive a MacArthur Fellowship, and won the 2012 Hans Christian Andersen Award. He lives in Hudson Valley, New York.

Peter Sís

Peter Sís has received the Robert F. Sibert Medal, three Caldecott Honors, and a Sydney Taylor Honor. He was the first children’s book creator to receive a MacArthur Fellowship, and won the 2012 Hans Christian Andersen Award. He lives in Hudson Valley, New York.

Books by Peter Sís

  • Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued

    Peter Sís

    Hardback, 2021

    Caldecott Honoree and Sibert Medalist Peter Sís honours a man who saved hundreds of children from the Nazis.
  • In Praise of Mystery

    Ada Limón, Peter Sís

    Hardback, 2024

    From US Poet Laureate Ada Limón and Caldecott Honoree Peter Sís: a transcendent picture book featuring the poem that will travel into space aboard NASA’s Europa Clipper
  • In Praise of Mystery

    Ada Limón, Peter Sís

    E Book

    From US Poet Laureate Ada Limón and Caldecott Honoree Peter Sís: a transcendent picture book featuring the poem that will travel into space aboard NASA’s Europa Clipper