The Robert F. Sibert Medal

The Sibert Award and Honor Awards are presented to the authors of the most distinguished informational children's books published the previous year.

The following links will provide information on the award,

the requirements for nomination, and much more!

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/sibertmedal/index.cfm

http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=Home&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=21608

http://www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/is/enroom/awards/sibert.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibert_Medal

Award Winning and Nominated Books My Season with Penguinsby Sophie Webb

2001 Honor Book
My season with Penguins is a compilation of an artists journey. Sophie Webb travels to the cold climate plain of Antartica. Throughout her two-month stay she observes, records and draws her new found animal friends.

The Brooklyn Bridge

by Lynn Curlee

2002 Honor Book

Brooklyn Bridge provides detailed information on the process of how the Brooklyn Bridge was built. A fourteen-year project now stands as on of the most popular world landmarks.
Hole in My Lifeby Jack Gantos

2003 Honor Book

This book is a documented look into the past of a man destined for failure. After being imprisoned at a young age, Jack Gantos re-tells his story and how he turned his life around and become a well known author.
To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novelwritten by Siena Cherson Siegel, artwork by Mark Siege

2007 Honor Book

This is a story of Siena Siegel, her dream of becoming a prima ballerina, and how she overcame her obstacles to make her dream a reality.

What to Do About Aliceby Barbra Kerley

2009 Medal Winner

This is an entertaining bibliography about Alice, President Theodore Rooesevelts daughter and their chaotic life in the WHite House.

Team Moon:How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moonby Catherine Thimmesh

2007 Medal Winner

This is an in depth behind the scenes look into the first Apollo moon landing, from the first ideas to the final landing. Sequoyahby James Rumford

2005 Honor Book

This is the telling of the tale of Sequoyah in 1958, and the struggles he dealt with in creating the Cherokee writing. Though crippled he was able to be strong and stand tall resulting in the beautiful Sequoia trees taking his namesake.

The Tararantula Scientistby Sy Montogomery

2005 Honor Book

This is a documentary of Sam Marshall's research and findings dealing with the tarantula.

An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793by Jim Murphy

2004 Medal Winner

An account of the Yellow Fever epidemic in 1793. A deadly outbreak of influenza in Philadelphia kills thousands of people, and threatens the newborn United States of America, forcing President Washington to flee the city.

Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929by Karen Blumenthal

2003 Honor Book

A compilation of stories from people who lived the Crash of '29, and the "hows" and "whys" about Black Tuesday, and how a series of bad economic moves brought the United States to its knees, causing millions of people to lose everything they had.
Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

2002 Medal Winner

An historical account of mid-19th century Ireland, English despotism, and the mysterious blight that rendered the staple diet of the Irish inedible, killing one million, and sending two million refugees abroad.
Hitler Youth: Growing up in Hitler's Shadowby Susan Campbell Bartoletti

2006 Honor Book

The recounting of growing up in Nazi-Germany, and the excitement and fury surrounding the notorious Hitler Youth. It explores the memories of those who lived during the Third Reich's rise to power and its ultimate demise.
Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Campsby Andrea Warren

2002 Honor Book

A biography of Jack Mendelbaum, a young Polish Jew in the years preceding World War II. Jack recounts his childhood, Hitler's rise to power, and the horrible atrocities of the death camps, and how, against all odds, he survived.
Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunleyby Sally M. Walker

2008 Medal Winner

A scientific and historic exploration of the Civil War submarine H.L. Hunley, the first sub to destroy an enemy ship, and also the search and reclamation of the Hunley after its discovery in Charleston Bay in 1995.

I Face The Windwritten by Vicki Cobb, illustrated by Julia Gorton

2004 Honor Book

This book introduces the wind, how it works and functions, through a series of hands-on activities it teaches how to understand something you cannot see.
The Wall: Growing Up behind the Iron Curtainby Peter Sís

2008 Medal Winner

The tale of a young boy growing up in Czechoslavakia during the time of the Cold War struggling with what his government is telling him is right and what he feels. He knows he is destined to be an artist but is constantly being censored.