Joan Sweeney
Recognized in the Creative Minds Montessori 2026 Teacher’s Choice list.
Joan Sweeney is one of roughly one hundred authors whose work was selected by the Montessori-certified teachers at Creative Minds Montessori for the 2026 Teacher’s Choice list — 120 books chosen across four reading stages, from first lap-reads to first chapter books. The selected book was chosen for how precisely it meets children at a real developmental moment. This recognition cannot be bought: no author or publisher paid to appear on our lists, and we take no commission on any book sale.
About Joan Sweeney
Joan Sweeney (1930–2017) wrote the Me... series of picture books, which introduces young children to one idea at a time — Me on the Map, Me and My Place in Space, Me and My Family Tree, Me Counting Time and Me and My Amazing Body among them.
Also by this author: Me on the Map · Me and My Family Tree · Me Counting Time
Publisher page: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/30386/joan-sweeney
Selected for the 2026 Teacher’s Choice list
Part of The Best Children’s Books by Age, chosen by the teachers at Creative Minds Montessori in Frisco, TX.