(r25) SibertAward < CAL/English/Sanders

<em><pre> </pre><strong>The Robert F. Sibert Medal</strong></em>
<em><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" />The Sibert Award and Honor Awards are presented to the authors of the most distinguished informational children's books published the previous year.</em>

<em><strong>Award Terms:</strong></eM>
<li>Poetry and traditional literature (e.g., folktales) are not eligible. There are no other limitations as to the character of the book providing it is an original work. </li><li>Honor books may be named. They are books that are also truly distinguished. </li><li>The award is restricted to authors, author/illustrator, co-authors, or author and illustrator named on the title page who are citizens or residents of the United States. </li><li>The award is restricted to original work first published in the United States. </li><li>The committee is to consider in its deliberations only books eligible for the award as specified in the terms. </li><li>The award may be given posthumously.</li>

<strong>Award Criteria:</strong>
<li>In identifying the most distinguished informational book for children from the preceding year, committee members consider important elements and qualities: 
   1 Excellent, engaging, and distinctive use of language.
   1 Excellent, engaging, and distinctive visual presentation.
   1 Appropriate organization and documentation.
   1 Clear, accurate, and stimulating presentation of facts, concepts, and ideas.
   1 Appropriate style of presentation for subject and for intended audience.
   1 Supportive features (index, table of contents, maps, timelines, etc).
   1 Respectful and of interest to children.
</li><li>Not every book relies equally on every element. The committee need not find excellence in every element listed above but only in those relevant to the book. </li><li>The book must be a self-contained entity, not dependent on other media for enjoyment. </li><li>The Sibert Award is presented to honor distinguished informational books for children. The award is not presented for didactic intent or for popularity.</li>

 <strong>Things We Found Interesting about the Sibert Award</strong>

While reading our books for this award, we noticed a few common factors to their classification as Sibert Honor Books and Medal Winners. Essentially, all of these books can be categorized as informational books. Yet one thing that caught us off guard, was that each book had a story to tell. Each work had a plot and obstacles to overcome. While some of the books on the Sibert list seemed daunting and a bit boring at first, each book was enthralling, and we found ourselves becoming engrossed in reading each of them. Some of us read more of the books just for fun! Many of the books can be placed in their own genres, such as autobiography, history, science, and art. The common link between these genres, however, was the historicism behind each piece. Each piece had a true back story, one that helped develop the main characters of each work, and each of the back stories were based on historical fact. Also, one key link between the science based books was that in each one, there were diagrams, detailed photos, and charts, making it easier for young readers to understand the material. As they were informational, each book was filled with definitions unlike typical textbooks. The writers would say a concept, or a technical term, and then define it within the context of the work. This technique made each book exceptionally easy to read.

 <strong><font color="#1e90ff"><strong>Award Winning and Nominated Books</strong></font></strong>

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

<em><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" /></em> 

<em>By Sophie Webb</em>

<em>2001 Honor Book </em>

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



<center><em><strong>The Brooklyn Bridge</strong></em>

<em><img width="110" alt="bb" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0689831838.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg" title="Brooklyn Bridge" height="101" /></em>

<em>by Lynn Curlee</em>

<em>2002 Honor Book</em>

<em>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</em> 
<em>popular world landmarks.</em> </center>



<center><em><strong>Hole in My Life </strong></em>

<em><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" /></em>

<em>by Jack Gantos</em>

<em>2003 Honor Book<br /></em>

<em>After being imprisoned at a young age, Jack Gantos re-tells his story of how he turned his life around and became the man he is today.</em></center>



<center><em><strong>To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel </strong></em>

<em><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>

<em>written by Siena Cherson Siegel, artwork by Mark Siege</em>

<em>2007 Honor Book<br /><em>

<em>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.</em></center>



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

<em><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" /></em>

<em>by Barbra Kerley</em>

<em>2009 Medal Winner</em>

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



<center><em><strong>Team Moon:How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon </strong></em>

<em><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" /></em>

<em>by Catherine Thimmesh</em>

<em>2007 Medal Winner</em>

<em>This is an in depth behind the scenes look into the first Apollo moon landing, from the first ideas to the final landing. </em></center>



<center><em><strong>Sequoyah </strong></em>

<em><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" /></em>

<em>by James Rumford</em>

<em>2005 Honor Book</em>

<em>In 1958 a crippled Sequoyah struggles to create the Cherokee writing system.</center></em>



<center><em><strong>The Tararantula Scientist </strong></em>

<em><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" /></em>

<em>by Sy Montogomery</em>

<em>2005 Honor Book</em>

<em>This is a documentary of Sam Marshall's research and findings, dealing with the tarantula. </center></em>



<center><em><strong>An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 </strong></em>

<em><img width="124" alt="americanplague.jpg" src="%ATTACHURL%/americanplague.jpg" style="width: 144px; height: 136px" height="156" /></em>

<em>by Jim Murphy</em>

<em>2004 Medal Winner</em>

<em>Yellow Fever epidemic in 1793 was a deadly outbreak of influenza in Philadelphia that killed thousands of people, and forced President Washington</em> 
<em>to flee the city in its time of need. </em></center>



<center><em><strong>Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929 </strong></em>

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

<em>by Karen Blumenthal</em>

<em>2003 Honor Book</em>

<em>A compilation of stories from people who seen the effects of Black Tuesday and the Crash of '29 </em></center>



<center><em><strong>Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850 </strong></em>

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

<em>by Susan Campbell Bartoletti</em>

<em>2002 Medal Winner</em>

<em>A historical account of the mid-19th century mystery that rendered the staple diet of the Irish inedible, killing one million and sending two million refugees<em> 
<em>abroad.</center></em>



<center><em><strong>Hitler Youth: Growing up in Hitler's Shadow </strong></em>

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

<em>by Susan Campbell Bartoletti</em>

<em>2006 Honor Book</em>

<em>The recounting of growing up in Nazi-Germany, and the excitement and fury surrounding the notorious Hitler Youth. It explores the memories of those</em> 
<em>who lived during the Third Reich's rise to power and its ultimate demise. </center></em>



<center><em><strong>Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps </strong></em>

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

<em>by Andrea Warren</em>

<em>2002 Honor Book</em>

<em>Jack recounts surviving Hitler's rise to power and the horrible atrocities of the death camps</em></center>



<center><em><strong>Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley</strong></em>

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

<em>by Sally M. Walker</em>

<em>2008 Medal Winner</em>

<em>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 <em>Hunley after its discovery in Charleston Bay in 1995. </em></center>



<center><em><strong>I Face The Wind</strong></em>

<em><img width="187" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll287/NicoleOlivaresHill/ifacethewind.jpg" style="width: 125px; height: 164px" height="269" border="0" /></em>

<em>written by Vicki Cobb, illustrated by Julia Gorton</em>

<em>2004 Honor Book<br /></em>

<em>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</em> <em>see.</em></center>



<center><em><strong>The Wall: Growing Up behind the Iron Curtain </strong>

<em><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll287/NicoleOlivaresHill/thewall.jpg" border="0" /></em>

<em>by Peter Sís<br /></em>

<em>2008 Medal Winner </em>

<em>A young Czechoslovakian boy must creatively express himself in order to deal with the chaos of the Cold war.</em></center>



<center><em><img width="100" alt="Friendship, Loss and What I Learned" src="http://rgr-static1.tangentlabs.co.uk/images/bau/97808050/9780805064032/100/0/plain/pedro-and-me-friendship-loss-and-what-i-learned.jpg" title="Pedro and Me" height="149" /> </em>

<em><strong> Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss and What I Learned</strong</em>

<em>By Judd Winick</em>

<em>2001 Honor Book</em>

<em>Pedro and Me is a tale about a young man's journey to bring health awareness to young people.</em></center>



<center><em><img width="114" alt="The storm that changed america" src="http://www.audiobooksonline.com/media/ss_size3/Blizzard_The_Storm_that_Changed_America_Jim_Murphy_unabridged_compact_discs.jpg" title="Blizzard!" height="105" /></em> 

<em><strong> Blizzard! The Storm That Changed America</strong></em>

<em>By Jim Murphy</em>

<em>2001 Honor Book</em></center>



<center><em><img width="126" alt="Joan Dash" src="http://img.fkcdn.com/img/362/9780374346362.jpg" title="The Longitude Prize" height="150" /> </em>

<strong><em> The Longitude Prize</strong></em>

<em>By Joan Dash</em>

<em>2001 Honor Book</em></center>



<center><em><img width="100" alt="El Dorado" src="http://bookwizard.scholastic.com/content/media/products/72/9780395848272_sm.jpg" title="Sir walter ralegh" height="110" /></em>

<strong><em> Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado</strong></em>

<em>By Marc Aronson</em>

<em>2001 Medal Winner</em></center>



<center><em><img width="109" alt="A portrait of a man with a hat" src="http://images.ebookmall.com/lsi/s-image/5/5552029445.jpg" title="Vincent van gogh" height="160" /> </em>

<strong><em>Vincent Van Gogh</strong><em>

<em>By Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan</em>

<em>2002 Honor Book</em></center>



<center><em><img width="144" alt="Young african american woman with eyes closed" src="http://bookwizard.scholastic.com/content/media/products/74/9780439269674_lg.jpg" title="When marian sang" height="158" /></em> 

<strong><em>When Marian Sang</strong></em>

<em>By Pam Muñoz</em>

<em>2003 Honor Book</em>

<em>Marian must break down the walls of racism by using, the only weapon she has, her voice.</em></center>



<center><em><img width="100" alt="Jackson Pollock painting" src="http://www.childrenslit.com/childrenslit/gif/0761316825actionjackson.gif" title="Action Jackson" height="105" /> </em>

<strong><em>Action Jackson</strong></em>

<em>By Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan</em>

<em>2003 Honor Book</em></center>



<center><em><img width="106" alt="Portrait of a man in a farm hat" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170279598m/45292.jpg" title="Walt Whitman" height="140" /> </em>

<strong><em>Walt Whitman: Words for America</strong></em>

<em>By Barbara Kerley</em>

<em>2005 Honor Book</em></center>




<center><em><img width="100" alt="Marian Anderson struggle for equal rights" src="http://rgr-static1.tangentlabs.co.uk/images/bau/97806181/9780618159765/100/0/plain/voice-that-challenged-a-nation-marian-anderson-and-the-struggle-for-equal-rights.jpg" title="The Voice that Challenged a Nation" height="130" /> </em>

<strong><em>The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights</strong></em>

<em>By Russel Freedman</em>

<em>2005 Medal Winner</em></center>



<center><em><img width="105" alt="New Guinea kangaroo" src="http://kids.denverlibrary.org/assets/fun/award07/kangaroo.gif" title="Quest for the Tree Kangaroo" height="105" /> </em>

<strong>Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea</strong></em>

<em>By Sy Montgomery</em>

<em>2007 Honor Book</em></center>



<center><em><img width="100" alt="John Lewis and Jim Zwerg" src="http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/yss/Images/Book%20Awards/Ann%20Bausum/freedomriders_small.jpg" title="Freedom Riders" height="125" /> </em>

<strong><em>Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement</strong></em

<em>By Ann Bausum</em>

<em>2007 Honor Book</em></center>



<center><em><img width="100" alt="A six eye spider" src="http://www.stoneridgelibrary.org/www_graphics_srl/photos/BookCovers/NicBishop%20Spiders.jpg" title="Spiders" height="139" /> </em>

<strong><em>Spiders</strong></em>

<em>By Nic Bishop</em>

<em>2008 Honor Book</em></center>



<center><em><img width="100" alt="Read and black boat" src="http://kids.denverlibrary.org/assets/fun/award08/lightship.jpg" title="Lightship" height="100" /> </em>

<strong>Lightship </strong</em>

<em>By Brian Floca</em>

<em>2008 Honor Book</em></center>



<center><em><img width="145" alt="Melting Glaciers" src="http://www2.husd4.k12.il.us/Teacher/Library/BookCovers/bcBodiesIce.jpg" title="Bodies from the Ice" height="120" /> </em>

<strong><em>Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of the Past</em></strong>

<em>By James M. Deem</em>

<em>2009 Honor Book</em></center>



<center><em><img width="185" alt="negro league baseball" src="http://www.childrenslit.com/childrenslit/images/9780786808328_we_are_the_ship.jpg" title="We are the ship" height="185" /></em> 

<strong><em>We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball</strong></em>

<em>By Kadir Nelson</em>

<em>2009 Medal Winner</em></center>



<center><em><img width="141" alt="Women who chaged history" src="http://www.ci.el-paso.tx.us/library/reference/pathfinders/images/wia_almost_astronauts.jpg" title="Almsot astronauts" height="154" /></em>

<strong><em>Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream</em></strong>

<em>By Tanya Lee Stone</em>

<em>2010 Medal Winner</em></center>



<center><em><img width="114" alt="Joe and Bob Switzer" src="http://www.weberpl.lib.ut.us/book_cover/9781570916731/cover.jpg" title="Day-Glo Brothers" height="148" /></em>

<strong>The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand New Colors</strong></em>

<em>By Chris Barton </em>

<em>2010 Honor Book</em></center>



<center><em><img width="185" alt="Apolo 11" src="http://www.childrenslit.com/childrenslit/images/9781416950462_moonshot.jpg" title="Moonshot" height="206" /> </em>

<strong><em>Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11</em></strong>

<em>By Brian Floca</em>

<em>2010 Honor Book</em></center>


<center><em><img width="185" alt="Twice toward justice" src="http://www.childrenslit.com/childrenslit/images/9780374313227_claudette_colvin_twice_toward_justice.jpg" title="Claudette Colvin" height="202" /></em>

<em><strong>Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice</em></strong>

<em>By Phillip Hoose</em>

<em>2010 Honor Book</em></center>
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