Sibert Medal

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Sibert Medal
Awarded for"the most distinguished informational book" for children
CountryUnited States
Presented by Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association
First awarded2001
Website ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/sibertmedal

The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal established by the Association for Library Service to Children in 2001 with support from Bound to Stay Bound Books, Inc., is awarded annually to the writer and illustrator of the most distinguished informational book published in English during the preceding year. [1] [2] The award is named in honor of Robert F. Sibert, the long-time President of Bound to Stay Bound Books, Inc. of Jacksonville, Illinois. ALSC administers the award. [2]

Contents

"Informational books are defined as those written and illustrated to present, organize, and interpret documentable, factual material." Poetry and traditional literature such as folktales are not eligible but there is no other restriction (such as reference books or even nonfiction books). The book must be published originally or simultaneously in the United States and in English. [3]

Recipients

Robert F. Sibert Medal and Honor Books, 2001–present [4]
YearWriterIllustratorTitleCitation
2001 [5] Marc Aronson Marc Aronson Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El DoradoWinner
Joan Dash Dušan Petričić The Longitude PrizeHonor
Jim Murphy BLIZZARD! The Storm That Changed America
Sophie Webb Sophie Webb My Season with Penguins: An Antarctic Journal
Judd Winick Judd Winick Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned
2002 [6] Susan Campbell Bartoletti Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850Winner
Andrea Warren Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death CampsHonor
Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan Vincent van Gogh
Lynn Curlee Lynn Curlee Brooklyn Bridge
2003 [7] James Cross Giblin The Life and Death of Adolf HitlerWinner
Karen Blumenthal Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929Honor
Jack Gantos Hole in My Life
Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan Robert Andrew Parker Action Jackson
Pam Muñoz Ryan Brian Selznick When Marian Sang
2004 [8] Jim Murphy An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 Winner
Vicki Cobb Julia Gorton I Face the WindHonor
2005 [9] Russell Freedman The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal RightsWinner
Barbara Kerley Brian Selznick Walt Whitman: Words for AmericaHonor
Sy Montgomery Nic Bishop The Tarantula Scientist
James Rumford James Rumford Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing
2006 [10] Sally M. Walker Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. HunleyWinner
Susan Campbell Bartoletti Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow Honor
2007 [11] Catherine Thimmesh Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the MoonWinner
Ann Bausum Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights MovementHonor
Sy Montgomery Nic Bishop Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea
Siena Cherson Siegel Mark Siegel To Dance: A Ballerina’s Graphic Novel
2008 [12] Peter Sís Peter Sís The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain Winner
Brian Floca Brian FlocaLightshipHonor
Nic Bishop Nic Bishop Nic Bishop Spiders
2009 [13] Kadir Nelson Kadir NelsonWe Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League BaseballWinner
James M. Deem Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of the PastHonor
Barbara Kerley Edwin Fotheringham What to Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy!
2010 [14] Tanya Lee Stone Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to DreamWinner
Chris Barton Tony Persiani The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand New ColorsHonor
Brian Floca Brian Floca Moonshot: The Flight Of Apollo 11
Phillip Hoose Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
2011 [15] Sy Montgomery Nic Bishop Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest BirdWinner
Jan Greenberg and Sandra Johnson Brian Floca Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian SpringHonor
Russell Freedman Lafayette and the American Revolution
2012 [16] Melissa Sweet Melissa Sweet Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's ParadeWinner
Larry Dane Brimner Black & White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene 'Bull' ConnorHonor
Allen Say Allen Say Drawing from Memory
Caitlin O'Connell and Donna M. Jackson Caitlin O'Connell and Timothy Rodwell (Photographers)The Elephant Scientist
Rosalyn Schanzer Rosalyn Schanzer Witches!: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem
2013 [17] Steve Sheinkin Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon Winner
Robert Byrd Robert Byrd Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin FranklinHonor
Phillip Hoose Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with Great Survivor B95
Deborah Hopkinson Titanic: Voices from the Disaster
2014 [18] Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore Susan L. RothParrots over Puerto RicoWinner
Jen Bryant Melissa Sweet A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace PippinHonor
Annette LeBlanc Cate Annette LeBlanc Cate Look Up! Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard
Brian Floca Brian Floca Locomotive
Jan Greenberg and Sandra JordanThe Mad Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius
2015 [19] Jen Bryant Melissa Sweet The Right Word: Roget and His ThesaurusWinner
Candace Fleming The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial RussiaHonor
Patricia Hruby Powell Christian Robinson Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker
Katherine Roy Katherine RoyNeighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands
Duncan Tonatiuh Duncan TonatiuhSeparate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
Jacqueline Woodson Brown Girl Dreaming
2016 [20] Duncan Tonatiuh Duncan TonatiuhFunny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead CalaverasWinner
Don Brown Don BrownDrowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New OrleansHonor
Phillip Hoose The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
Lynda Blackmon Lowery,
as told to Elspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley
PJ Loughran Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March
Carole Boston Weatherford Ekua Holmes Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
2017 [21] John Lewis and Andrew Aydin Nate Powell March: Book Three Winner
Candace Fleming Eric Rohmann Giant SquidHonor
Caren StelsonSachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story
Albert Marrin The Japanese American Experience During World War II
Russell Freedman We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler
2018 [22] Larry Dane Brimner Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961Winner
Jacqueline Briggs Martin and June Jo Lee Man One Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food RemixHonor
Jason Chin Jason Chin Grand Canyon
Shane Burcaw Matt CarrNot So Different: What You Really Want to Ask about Having a Disability
Patricia Newman Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem
2019 [23] Joyce Sidman The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed ScienceWinner
Catherine Thimmesh Camp Panda: Helping Cubs Return to the WildHonor
Gail Jarrow Spooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and The War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America
Don Brown Don BrownThe Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees
Traci Sorell Frané Lessac We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
Michael Mahin Jose Ramirez When Angels Sing: The Story of Rock Legend Carlos Santana
2020 [24] Kevin Noble Maillard Juana Martinez-Neal Fry Bread: A Native American Family StoryWinner
Lori Alexander Vivien MildenbergerAll in a Drop: How Antony van Leeuwenhoek Discovered an Invisible WorldHonor
Jo Ann Alice Boyce and Debbie Levy This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality
Nikki Grimes Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir
Antoinette PortisAntoinette PortisHey, Water!
2021 [25] Candace Fleming Eric Rohmann Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis MelliferaWinner
John Rocco John RoccoHow We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity's Greatest AdventureHonor
Suzanne Slade Cozbi A. Cabrera Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks
Christina Soontornvat All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
2022 [26] Cynthia Levinson Evan Turk The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice With ArtWinner
Colleen Paeff Nancy Carpenter The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London’s Poop Pollution ProblemHonor
Steve Sheinkin Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War ShowdownHonor
Traci Sorell Frané Lessac We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should KnowHonor
Melissa Stewart Sarah S. Brannen Summertime Sleepers: Animals That EstivateHonor
Carole Boston Weatherford Floyd Cooper Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre Honor
2023 [27] Elizabeth Partridge Lauren Tamaki Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams’s Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American IncarcerationWinner
Angela Joy Janelle Washington Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights MovementHonor
Antoinette Portis Antoinette PortisA Seed GrowsHonor
Mara Rockliff R. Gregory Christie Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus BoycottHonor
Chana Stiefel Susan Gal The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and PhotographsHonor
2024 [28] Nicholas Day Brett Helquist The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global CelebrityWinner
Sy Montgomery Matt Patterson The Book of TurtlesHonor
Traci N. Todd Shannon Wright Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie OrmesHonor
Jessica Lanan Jessica LananJumper: A Day in the Life of the Backyard Jumping SpiderHonor
Martin W. Sandler Shipwrecked!: Diving for Hidden Time Capsules on the Ocean FloorHonor

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