Books in Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal

Awarded annually to the writer and illustrator of the most distinguished informational book published 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. The Association for Library Service to Children administers the award.

2024

Book Author Award Level Completed
Jumper: A Day in the Life of the Backyard Jumping Spider Jumper: A Day in the Life of the Backyard Jumping Spider Jessica Lanan Honor Log In To Like
The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity Nicholas Day Winner Log In To Like
Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes Traci N. Todd Honor Log In To Like
The Book of Turtles The Book of Turtles Sy Montgomery Honor Log In To Like
Shipwrecked!: Diving for Hidden Time Capsules on the Ocean Floor Shipwrecked!: Diving for Hidden Time Capsules on the Ocean Floor Martin W. Sandler Honor Log In To Like

2023

Book Author Award Level Completed
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 Honor Log In To Like
A Seed Grows A Seed Grows Antoinette Portis Honor Log In To Like
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 Winner Log In To Like
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 Honor Log In To Like
Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott Mara Rockliff Honor Log In To Like

2022

Book Author Award Level Completed
We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know Traci Sorell Honor Log In To Like
Summertime Sleepers: Animals That Estivate Summertime Sleepers: Animals That Estivate Melissa Stewart Honor Log In To Like
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 Honor Log In To Like
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 Winner Log In To Like
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre Carole Boston Weatherford Honor Log In To Like
Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown Steve Sheinkin Honor Log In To Like

2021

Book Author Award Level Completed
Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks Suzanne Slade Honor Log In To Like
Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera Candace Fleming Winner Log In To Like
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 Honor Log In To Like
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 Honor Log In To Like

2020

Book Author Award Level Completed
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story Kevin Noble Maillard Winner Log In To Like
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 Alice Boyce Honor Log In To Like
Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir Nikki Grimes Honor Log In To Like
Hey, Water! Hey, Water! Antoinette Portis Honor Log In To Like
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 Honor Log In To Like

2019

Book Author Award Level Completed
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 Winner Log In To Like
The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees Don Brown Honor Log In To Like
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga Traci Sorell Honor Log In To Like
Camp Panda: Helping Cubs Return to the Wild Camp Panda: Helping Cubs Return to the Wild Catherine Thimmesh Honor Log In To Like
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 Honor Log In To Like

2018

Book Author Award Level Completed
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix Jacqueline Briggs Martin Honor Log In To Like
Grand Canyon Grand Canyon Jason Chin Honor Log In To Like
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 Honor Log In To Like
Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961 Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961 Larry Dane Brimner Winner Log In To Like
Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem Patricia Newman Honor Log In To Like

2017

Book Author Award Level Completed
Giant Squid Giant Squid Candace Fleming Honor Log In To Like
March: Book Three March: Book Three John Lewis Winner Log In To Like
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story Caren Stelson Honor Log In To Like
Uprooted: the Japanese American Experience During World War II Uprooted: the Japanese American Experience During World War II Albert Marrin Honor Log In To Like
We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler Russell Freedman Honor Log In To Like

2016

Book Author Award Level Completed
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras Duncan Tonatiuh Winner Log In To Like
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement Carole Boston Weatherford Honor Log In To Like
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans Don Brown Honor Log In To Like
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March Lynda Blackmon Lowery Honor Log In To Like
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club Phillip Hoose Honor Log In To Like

2015

Book Author Award Level Completed
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation Duncan Tonatiuh Honor Log In To Like
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus Jen Bryant Winner Log In To Like
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 Honor Log In To Like
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker Patricia Hruby Powell Honor Log In To Like
Brown Girl Dreaming Brown Girl Dreaming Jacqueline Woodson Honor Log In To Like
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia Candace Fleming Honor Log In To Like

2014

Book Author Award Level Completed
The Mad Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius The Mad Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius Jan Greenberg Honor Log In To Like
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin Jen Bryant Honor Log In To Like
Parrots over Puerto Rico Parrots over Puerto Rico Susan L. Roth Winner Log In To Like
Look Up! Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard Look Up! Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard Annette LeBlanc Cate Honor Log In To Like
Locomotive Locomotive Brian Floca Honor Log In To Like

2013

Book Author Award Level Completed
Titanic: Voices from the Disaster Titanic: Voices from the Disaster Deborah Hopkinson Honor Log In To Like
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 Winner Log In To Like
Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with Great Survivor B95 Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with Great Survivor B95 Phillip Hoose Honor Log In To Like
Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin Robert Byrd Honor Log In To Like

2012

Book Author Award Level Completed
The Elephant Scientist The Elephant Scientist Caitlin O'Connell Honor Log In To Like
Drawing from Memory Drawing from Memory Allen Say Honor Log In To Like
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade Melissa Sweet Winner Log In To Like
Witches!: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem Witches!: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem Rosalyn Schanzer Honor Log In To Like
Black & White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene 'Bull' Connor Black & White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene 'Bull' Connor Larry Dane Brimner Honor Log In To Like

2011

Book Author Award Level Completed
Lafayette and the American Revolution Lafayette and the American Revolution Russell Freedman Honor Log In To Like
Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring Jan Greenberg Honor Log In To Like
Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Bird Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Bird Sy Montgomery Winner Log In To Like

2010

Book Author Award Level Completed
The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand New Colors The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand New Colors Chris Barton Honor Log In To Like
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream Tanya Lee Stone Winner Log In To Like
Moonshot: The Flight Of Apollo 11 Moonshot: The Flight Of Apollo 11 Brian Floca Honor Log In To Like
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice Phillip Hoose Honor Log In To Like

2009

Book Author Award Level Completed
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball Kadir Nelson Winner Log In To Like
What to Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy! What to Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy! Barbara Kerley Honor Log In To Like
Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of the Past Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of the Past James M. Deem Honor Log In To Like

2008

Book Author Award Level Completed
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain Peter Sís Winner Log In To Like
Lightship Lightship Brian Floca Honor Log In To Like
Spiders Spiders Nic Bishop Honor Log In To Like

2007

Book Author Award Level Completed
Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon Catherine Thimmesh Winner Log In To Like
Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement Ann Bausum Honor Log In To Like
Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea Sy Montgomery Honor Log In To Like
To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel Siena Cherson Siegel Honor Log In To Like

2006

Book Author Award Level Completed
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 Winner Log In To Like
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow Susan Campbell Bartoletti Honor Log In To Like

2005

Book Author Award Level Completed
Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing James Rumford Honor Log In To Like
The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights Russell Freedman Winner Log In To Like
The Tarantula Scientist The Tarantula Scientist Sy Montgomery Honor Log In To Like
Walt Whitman: Words for America Walt Whitman: Words for America Barbara Kerley Honor Log In To Like

2004

Book Author Award Level Completed
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 Jim Murphy Winner Log In To Like
I Face the Wind I Face the Wind Vicki Cobb Honor Log In To Like

2003

Book Author Award Level Completed
Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929 Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929 Karen Blumenthal Honor Log In To Like
Hole in My Life Hole in My Life Jack Gantos Honor Log In To Like
The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler James Cross Giblin Winner Log In To Like
Action Jackson Action Jackson Jan Greenberg Honor Log In To Like
When Marian Sang When Marian Sang Pam Muñoz Ryan Honor Log In To Like

2002

Book Author Award Level Completed
Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850 Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850 Susan Campbell Bartoletti Winner Log In To Like
Vincent van Gogh Vincent van Gogh Jan Greenberg Honor Log In To Like
Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps Andrea Warren Honor Log In To Like
Brooklyn Bridge Brooklyn Bridge Lynn Curlee Honor Log In To Like

2001

Book Author Award Level Completed
Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado Marc Aronson Winner Log In To Like
My Season with Penguins: An Antarctic Journal My Season with Penguins: An Antarctic Journal Sophie Webb Honor Log In To Like
Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned Judd Winick Honor Log In To Like
The Longitude Prize The Longitude Prize Joan Dash Honor Log In To Like
BLIZZARD! The Storm That Changed America BLIZZARD! The Storm That Changed America Jim Murphy Honor Log In To Like