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<center><pre>SIBERT AWARD </pre></center>
<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 <br /><br />
<center><strong><font color="dodgerblue"><strong>Award Winning and Nominated Books</strong></font></strong></center>

<center><em><strong>My Season with Penguins</strong></em>;</center>
<center><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" /></center>

<center> by Sophie Webb, 2001 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Award</center>

_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._ 
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<center><em><strong>The Brooklyn Bridge</strong></em></center>
<center><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" /></center>

<center>by Lynn Curlee, 2002 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Award</center>

_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._ <br /><br />
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<center><em><strong>Hole in My Life</strong></em></center>
<center><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" /></center>

<center>by Jack Gantos, 2003 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Award</center>

_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._ <br /><br />
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<center><em><strong>To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel</strong></em> </center>
<center><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" /></center>

<center>written by Siena Cherson Siegel, artwork by Mark Siegel, 2007 Robert Sibert Honor Award Book</center>

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

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<center><em><strong>What to Do About Alice</strong></em></center>
<center><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" /></center>

<center>by Barbra Kerley, 2009 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Winner </center>
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<center><em><strong>Team Moon</strong></em></center>
<center><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" /></center>

Team Moon <br /><br />
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<center><em><strong>Sequoyah</strong></em></center>
<center><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" /></center>

<center>by James Rumford, 2005 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Award </center>
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<center><em><strong>The Tararantula Scientist</strong></em></center>
<center><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" /></center>

<center>by Sy Montogomery, 2005 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Award</center> 
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<center><em><strong>An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793</strong></em></center>
<center><img width="124" alt="americanplague.jpg" src="%ATTACHURL%/americanplague.jpg" style="width: 144px; height: 136px" height="156" /></center>
<center> by Jim Murphy, 2004 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal Award</center>

_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._ <br /><br />
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<center><em><strong>Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929</strong></em></center>
<center><img width="130" alt="sixdaysuse.jpg" src="%ATTACHURL%/sixdaysuse.jpg" height="144" /></center>

<center>by Karen Blumenthal, 2003 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Award</center>

_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._ <br /><br />
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<center><em><strong>Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850</strong></em></center>
<center><img width="121" alt="blackpotatoes.JPG" src="%ATTACHURL%/blackpotatoes.JPG" style="width: 123px; height: 155px" height="116" /></center>

<center>by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, 2002 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal Award</center>

_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._ <br /><br />
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<center><em><strong>Hitler Youth: Growing up in Hitler's Shadow</strong></em></center>
<center><img width="157" alt="hitleryouth.jpg" src="%ATTACHURL%/hitleryouth.jpg" style="width: 148px; height: 188px" height="215" /></center>

<center>by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, 2006 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Award</center>

_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._ <br /><br />
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<center><em><strong>Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps</strong></em></center>
<center><img width="113" alt="survivinghitleruse.jpg" src="%ATTACHURL%/survivinghitleruse.jpg" style="width: 113px; height: 149px" height="186" /></center>

<center>by Andrea Warren, 2002 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Award</center>

_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._ <br /><br />
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<center><em><strong>Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley</strong></em></center>
<center><img width="201" alt="secrethunley.jpg" src="%ATTACHURL%/secrethunley.jpg" height="136" /></center>

<center>by Sally M. Walker, 2008 Robert F. Sibert Informationsl Book Medal Award</center>

_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._ <br /><br />
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I Face The Wind <br /><br />

The Wall: Growing Up Behind The Iron curtain. <br /><br />
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