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Sibert

The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal is awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published in the United States in English during the preceding year. The award is named in honor of Robert F. Sibert, the long-time President of Bound to Stay Bound Books, Inc. of Jacksonville, Illinois.

67 books

2023

5 books

Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration

Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration

Elizabeth Partridge

Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement

Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement

Angela Joy

A Seed Grows

A Seed Grows

Antoinette Portis

Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Mara Rockliff

The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs

The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs

Chana Stiefel

2022

6 books

The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art

The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art

Cynthia Levinson

Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre

Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre

Carole Boston Weatherford

Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown

Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown

Steve Sheinkin

The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem

The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem

Colleen Paeff

We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know

We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know

Traci Sorell

Summertime Sleepers: Animals That Estivate

Summertime Sleepers: Animals That Estivate

Melissa Stewart

2021

4 books

Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera

Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera

Candace Fleming

All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team

All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team

Christina Soontornvat

Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks

Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks

Suzanne Slade

How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity's Greatest Adventure

How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity's Greatest Adventure

John Rocco

2020

5 books

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story

Kevin Noble Maillard

Hey, Water!

Hey, Water!

Antoinette Portis

All in a Drop: How Antony van Leeuwenhoek Discovered an Invisible World

All in a Drop: How Antony van Leeuwenhoek Discovered an Invisible World

Lori Alexander

Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir

Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir

Nikki Grimes

This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality

This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality

Jo Ann Allen Boyce, Debbie Levy

2019

6 books

The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science

The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science

Joyce Sidman

Camp Panda: Helping Cubs Return to the Wild

Camp Panda: Helping Cubs Return to the Wild

Catherine Thimmesh

Spooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and The War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America

Spooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and The War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America

Gail Jarrow

The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees: A Graphic Novel – A Sibert Honor Winner on War, Survival, and Resilience

The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees: A Graphic Novel – A Sibert Honor Winner on War, Survival, and Resilience

Don Brown

When Angels Sing: The Story of Rock Legend Carlos Santana

When Angels Sing: The Story of Rock Legend Carlos Santana

Michael Mahin

We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga

We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga

Traci Sorell

2018

4 books

Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961

Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961

Larry Dane Brimner

Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon

Jason Chin

Not So Different: What You Really Want to Ask About Having a Disability

Not So Different: What You Really Want to Ask About Having a Disability

Shane Burcaw

Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem

Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem

Patricia Newman

2017

5 books

March

March

John Lewis, Andrew Aydin

Giant Squid

Giant Squid

Candace Fleming

Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story

Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story

Caren Stelson

Uprooted: The Japanese American Experience During World War II

Uprooted: The Japanese American Experience During World War II

Albert Marrin

We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler – Sibert Honor History of Hans and Sophie Scholl for Kids

We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler – Sibert Honor History of Hans and Sophie Scholl for Kids

Russell Freedman

2016

3 books

Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras

Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras

Duncan Tonatiuh

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

Carole Boston Weatherford

Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans: A Graphic Novel – The Sibert Honor History of Tragedy and Triumph

Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans: A Graphic Novel – The Sibert Honor History of Tragedy and Triumph

Don Brown

2015

6 books

The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus (Incredible Lives for Young Readers (ILYR))

The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus (Incredible Lives for Young Readers (ILYR))

Jen Bryant

Brown Girl Dreaming

Brown Girl Dreaming

Jacqueline Woodson

Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation

Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation

Duncan Tonatiuh

The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia

The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia

Candace Fleming

Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker

Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker

Patricia Hruby Powell

Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands

Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands

Katherine Roy

2014

3 books

Parrots Over Puerto Rico

Parrots Over Puerto Rico

Susan L. Roth, Cindy Trumbore

Locomotive

Locomotive

Brian Floca

A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin

A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin

Jen Bryant

2013

1 book

Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

Steve Sheinkin

2011

1 book

Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot (Scientists in the Field Series) by Sy Montgomery

Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot (Scientists in the Field Series) by Sy Montgomery

Sy Montgomery

2010

2 books

Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 (Richard Jackson Books (Atheneum Hardcover))

Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 (Richard Jackson Books (Atheneum Hardcover))

Brian Floca

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

Phillip Hoose

2009

1 book

We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball

We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball

Kadir Nelson

2008

2 books

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

Peter Sís

Spiders

Spiders

Nic Bishop

2007

1 book

Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon – The Sibert Medal Winner About NASA's Unsung Heroes for Children

Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon – The Sibert Medal Winner About NASA's Unsung Heroes for Children

Catherine Thimmesh

2006

2 books

Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H. L. Hunley

Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H. L. Hunley

Sally M. Walker

Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow

Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow

Susan Campbell Bartoletti

2005

3 books

The Voice That Challenged a Nation

The Voice That Challenged a Nation

Russell Freedman

The Tarantula Scientist

The Tarantula Scientist

Sy Montgomery

Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing

Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing

James Rumford

2003

4 books

The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler

The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler

James Cross Giblin

Hole in My Life

Hole in My Life

Jack Gantos

Action Jackson

Action Jackson

Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan

When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson

When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson

Pam Muñoz Ryan

2002

2 books

Brooklyn Bridge

Brooklyn Bridge

Lynn Curlee

Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps

Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps

Andrea Warren

2001

1 book

Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado

Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado

Marc Aronson

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