(r27) SibertAward < CAL/English/Sanders

<em><pre> </pre> *The Robert F. Sibert Medal* </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>

__Award Terms:__
<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.

While reading each of the award winning books, we found that the award generally showed privilege to those books that shared a theme of overcoming racism. Some examples of this include, <em>Freedom Riders, Claudette Colvin,.... </em>In each of these books we found that the main characters, as well as the overall plot of the story, was to shine light on the obstacles that were to be overcome despite the odds against them. In _Freedom Riders,_ part of the overwhelming power of the story was the relationship between a black man and a white man during the civil rights movement. Not only was this a time turmoil for blacks but the book also showed the trials faced by those whites who were against the segregation of public facilities.

<strong><font color="#1e90ff"> *Award Winning and Nominated Books* </font></strong> __My Season with Penguins__

<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>

_By 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__

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

_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 Life__

<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>

_by Jack Gantos_

<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>

__To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel__

<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> _written by Siena Cherson Siegel, artwork by Mark Siege_ <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>

__What to Do About Alice__

<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>

_by 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 Moon__

<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>

_by 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._

__Sequoyah__

<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>

_by James Rumford_

_2005 Honor Book_

_In 1958 a crippled Sequoyah struggles to create the Cherokee writing system._

__The Tararantula Scientist__

<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>

_by 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 1793__

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

_by Jim Murphy_

_2004 Medal Winner_

_Yellow Fever epidemic in 1793 was a deadly outbreak of influenza in Philadelphia that killed thousands of people, and forced President Washington to flee the city in its time of need._

__Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929__

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

_by Karen Blumenthal_

_2003 Honor Book_

_A compilation of stories from people who seen the effects of Black Tuesday and the Crash of '29_

__Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850__

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

_by Susan Campbell Bartoletti_

_2002 Medal Winner 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 abroad._

__Hitler Youth: Growing up in Hitler's Shadow__

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

_by 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 Camps__

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

_by Andrea Warren_

_2002 Honor Book_

_Jack recounts surviving Hitler's rise to power and the horrible atrocities of the death camps_

__Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley__

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

_by 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 Wind__

<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>

_written by Vicki Cobb, illustrated by Julia Gorton_

<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 see. </em>

__The Wall: Growing Up behind the Iron Curtain__

<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. <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" /> <strong>Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss and What I Learned&lt;/strong </strong></em><strong>

_By Judd Winick_

_2001 Honor Book_

_Pedro and Me is a tale about a young man's journey to bring health awareness to young people._

<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>

__Blizzard! The Storm That Changed America__

_By Jim Murphy_

_2001 Honor Book_

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

__The Longitude Prize__

_By Joan Dash_

_2001 Honor Book_

<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>

__Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado__

_By Marc Aronson_

_2001 Medal Winner <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" /> Vincent Van Gogh_

_By Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan_

_2002 Honor Book_

<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>

__When Marian Sang__

_By Pam Muñoz_

_2003 Honor Book_

_Marian must break down the walls of racism by using, the only weapon she has, her voice._

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

__Action Jackson__

_By Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan_

_2003 Honor Book_

<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>

__Walt Whitman: Words for America__

_By Barbara Kerley_

_2005 Honor Book_

_Walt Whitman, a proud American writer, does his part to honor the voice of America and its president, Abraham LIncoln, during the Civil War and time immediately following._

<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>

__The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights__

_By Russel Freedman_

_2005 Medal Winner_

<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>

__Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea__

_By Sy Montgomery_

_2007 Honor Book_

<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" /> *Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement&lt;/em* </em>

_By Ann Bausum_

_2007 Honor Book_

_John Lewis and Jim Zwerg, a black and white man, make a stand against racism during the 1960's civil rights movement._

<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>

__Spiders__

_By Nic Bishop_
<em>2008 Honor Book <img width="100" alt="Read and black boat" src="http://kids.denverlibrary.org/assets/fun/award08/lightship.jpg" title="Lightship" height="100" /> <strong>Lightship &lt;/strong </strong></em>

_By Brian Floca_

_2008 Honor Book_

<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>

__Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of the Past__

_By James M. Deem_

_2009 Honor Book_

<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>

__We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball__

_By Kadir Nelson_

_2009 Medal Winner_

<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>

__Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream__

_By Tanya Lee Stone_

_2010 Medal Winner_

<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>

__The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand New Colors__

_By Chris Barton_

_2010 Honor Book_

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

__Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11__

_By Brian Floca_

_2010 Honor Book_

<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>

__Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice__

_By Phillip Hoose_

_2010 Honor Book_

_Claudette Colvin, a black teen during the civil rights movement, must face the racial prejudice of her time and overcome obstacles to stand up for what she believes in._

<em><img width="151" alt="hitler" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0_SJ0uO6DHU/RriEHsVFQ_I/AAAAAAAAA9c/yNbllI3vPZw/s200/hitler.gif" title="the life and death of adolf hitler" height="200" /></em>

<em>By James Cross Giblin</em>

<em>2003 Medal Winner</em>
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