(r14) SibertAward < CAL/English/Sanders

<pre>SIBERT AWARD </pre>
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                                                           <center><img width="177" alt="The Robert Sibert Medal" src="http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/sibertmedal/sibertseal_noshadow%20.gif" title="Sibert Award" height="177" /></center>

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:*

<img width="150" alt="Penguin Book Cover" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:5GRyD2B0wTY2KM:http://www.antarcticconnection.com/ab1583000equick/images/books/myseason2.jpg" title="My Seasons With Penguins" height="163" />

2001 Winner- _My Season with Penguins: An Antarctic Journal_ by Sophie Webb. (Houghton Mifflin Company) *My Season with Penguins: An Artic Journal*; by Sophie Webb, 2001 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Award

_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._

<img width="150" alt="Book Cover_Bridge" src="http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n54/n271416.jpg" style="width: 147px; height: 186px" title="brooklyn bridge" height="226" />

*The Brroklyn Bridge*;by Lynn Curlee, 2002 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Award

_A look back on the process of how the Brooklyn Bridge was built. A fourteen year project now stands as on of the most popular world landmarks._

<img width="150" alt="Hole Book Cover" src="http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/x3/x19269.jpg" style="width: 137px; height: 167px" title="hole in My Life" height="230" />

*Hole in My Life*;by Jack Gantos, 2003 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Award

_A look into the past of a man destined for failure. After being imprisoned at a yound age, Jack Gantos retells his story and how he turned his life around and become a well know author._

4. <img width="150" alt="ballerina Book Cover" src="http://www.personal.psu.edu/rmc5071/blogs/rachel_cantones_elementary_education_e-portfolio/assets_c/2009/06/Picture%202-thumb-316x479-57420.png" style="width: 136px; height: 168px" title="To Dance" height="227" />

<em><u>To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel </u></em>written by Siena Cherson Siegel, artwork by Mark Siegel, 2007 Robert Sibert Honor Award Book

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

5. <img width="150" alt="Alice on Bike Book cover" src="http://www.bcplib.org/images/Kids/Book%20Images/What%20to%20Do%20About%20Alice.jpg" style="width: 130px; height: 169px" title="What to DO About Alice" height="210" />

*What to Do About Alice*;by Barbra Kerley, 2009 Robert F. Sibert Informational BookAward Winner

6. <img width="150" alt="world" src="http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/2/1316215/teammoon.jpg" style="width: 126px; height: 166px" title="Nicoles Book" height="166" />

Team Moon

7. <img width="125" alt="storyteller" src="http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/2/1316215/sequoyah.jpg" style="width: 125px; height: 164px" title="Nicole Book" height="181" />

Sequoyah; by James Rumford, 2005 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Award

8. <img width="155" alt="Spider" src="http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/2/1316215/tarscientist.gif" style="width: 160px; height: 111px" title="Nicoles Book" height="130" />

The Trarantula Scientist; by Sy Montogomery, 2005 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Award

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*An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793*; by Jim Murphy, 2004 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal Award

_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._

10.<img width="130" alt="sixdaysuse.jpg" src="%ATTACHURL%/sixdaysuse.jpg" height="144" />

*Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929*;by Karen Blumenthal, 2003 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Award

_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._

11. <img width="121" alt="blackpotatoes.JPG" src="%ATTACHURL%/blackpotatoes.JPG" style="width: 123px; height: 155px" height="116" />

*Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850*; by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, 2002 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal Award

_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._

12. <img width="157" alt="hitleryouth.jpg" src="%ATTACHURL%/hitleryouth.jpg" style="width: 148px; height: 188px" height="215" />

*Hitler Youth: Growing up in Hitler's Shadow*; by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, 2006 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Award

_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._

13. <img width="113" alt="survivinghitleruse.jpg" src="%ATTACHURL%/survivinghitleruse.jpg" style="width: 113px; height: 149px" height="186" />

*Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps*; by Andrea Warren, 2002 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Award

_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._

14.<img width="201" alt="secrethunley.jpg" src="%ATTACHURL%/secrethunley.jpg" height="136" />

*Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley*; by Sally M. Walker, 2008 Robert F. Sibert Informationsl Book Medal Award

_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._

15. I Face The Wind

16. The Wall: Growing Up Behind The Iron curtain.
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