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. ALSC administers the award. (From ala.org)
The Brooklyn Bridge
Curlee, Lynn.
Describes the planning, construction, and history of the Brooklyn Bridge, celebrated as one of the greatest landmarks and grandest sights of New York City.
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Murphy, Jim
Describes the planning, construction, and history of the Brooklyn Bridge, celebrated as one of the greatest landmarks and grandest sights of New York City.
Check AvailabilityI Face The Wind
Cobb, Vicki.
Introduces the characteristics and actions of the wind through simple hands-on activities.
Check AvailabilityI Face The Wind
Cobb, Vicki.
Introduces the characteristics and actions of the wind through simple hands-on activities.
Check AvailabilityI Face The Wind
Cobb, Vicki.
Introduces the characteristics and actions of the wind through simple hands-on activities.
Check AvailabilityHitler Youth
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell.
The story of a generation of German young people who devoted all their energy to the Hitler Youth and the propaganda that brought gave Hitler his power, and the youths that resisted the Nazi movement.
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Bartoletti, Susan Campbell.
The story of a generation of German young people who devoted all their energy to the Hitler Youth and the propaganda that brought gave Hitler his power, and the youths that resisted the Nazi movement.
Check AvailabilityFreedom Riders
Bausum, Ann.
It was 1961, and the world was a different place. It was a world that John Lewis and Jim Zwerg and hundreds of others would fight to change. The Freedom Riders were a central part of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950's and 60's that fought to win equal rights for African Americans. It was a bloody and difficult battle. It was fought on one side by policemen and private citizens who used dogs, fire hoses, guns, and burning crosses. It was fought on the other side by protesters who used marches, songs, signs, and nonviolence. It was a battle the Freedom Riders helped win.
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Bausum, Ann.
It was 1961, and the world was a different place. It was a world that John Lewis and Jim Zwerg and hundreds of others would fight to change. The Freedom Riders were a central part of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950's and 60's that fought to win equal rights for African Americans. It was a bloody and difficult battle. It was fought on one side by policemen and private citizens who used dogs, fire hoses, guns, and burning crosses. It was fought on the other side by protesters who used marches, songs, signs, and nonviolence. It was a battle the Freedom Riders helped win.
Check AvailabilityLightship
Floca, Brian.
Lightships once served where lighthouses could not be built. They helped to guide sailors safely through the fog.
Check AvailabilityThe Wall
Sis, Peter
I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side - the Communist side - of the Iron Curtain. Through annotated illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes, Peter Sis shows what life was like for a child who loved to draw, proudly wore the red scarf of a Young Pioneer, stood guard at the giant statue of Stalin, and believed whatever he was told to believe. But adolescence brought questions. Cracks began to appear in the Iron Curtain, and news from the West slowly filtered into the country. Sis learned about beat poetry, rock 'n' roll, blue jeans, and Coca-Cola. He let his hair grow long, secretly read banned books, and joined a rock band. Then came the Prague Spring of 1968, and for a teenager who wanted to see the world and meet the Beatles, this was a magical time. It was short-lived, however, brought to a sudden and brutal end by the Soviet-led invasion. But this brief flowering had provided a glimpse of new possibilities - creativity could be discouraged but not easily killed.
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Bishop, Nic
Text and up-close photographs introduce readers to different types of spiders and their behavior.
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Siegel, Siena Cherson.
The author describes how she first decided she wanted to be a ballerina at the age of six, and how that dream carried her from her home in Puerto Rico to dance class in Boston to performing with the New York City Ballet
Check AvailabilityWhat To Do About Alice?
Kerley, Barbara.
A brief biography in pictures and simple text of Alice Roosevelt, the daughter of Theodore Roosevelt and his first wife.
Check AvailabilityWe Are The Ship
Nelson, Kadir.
Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947. Illustrations from oil paintings by artist Kadir Nelson.
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Stone, Tanya Lee.
Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947. Illustrations from oil paintings by artist Kadir Nelson.
Check AvailabilityClaudette Colvin
Hoose, Phillip M.
Phillip Hoose, who has done pioneering work writing about young people in social movements, here tells the extraordinary yet little-known story of Claudette Colvin, a remarkable teenager. With great courage she acted upon her principles -- and played a significant role in the drama of the civil rights movement. This is a story that, if taught in every classroom in the nation, might well inspire a new generation of young activists to join the ongoing struggle for social justice." -- Howard Zinn (from back cover).
Check AvailabilityMoonshot
Floca, Brian.
Here is the story of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon -- a story of leaving and returning during the summer of 1969, and a story of home, seen whole, from far away by steady astronauts in their great machines.
Check AvailabilityThe Day-Glo Brothers
Barton, Chris.
The story of Joe and Bob Switzer who experimented with ultraviolet lights and flourescent paints and invented a new kind of color called Day-Glo.
Check AvailabilityKakapo Rescue
Montgomery, Sy.
On remote Codfish Island off the southern coast of New Zealand live the last 91 kakapo parrots on earth. Originally this bird numbered in the millions before humans brought predators to the islands. Now on the isolated island refuge, a team of scientists is trying to restore the kakapo population.
Check AvailabilityBallet For Martha
Greenberg, Jan
Tells the story behind the creation of "Appalachian Spring," describing Aaron Copland's composition, Martha Graham's intense choreography and Isamu Noguchi's set design.
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Freedman, Russell.
Tells the story behind the creation of "Appalachian Spring," describing Aaron Copland's composition, Martha Graham's intense choreography and Isamu Noguchi's set design.
Check AvailabilityBalloons Over Broadway
Sweet, Melissa
Award-winning artist Sweet tells the story of the puppeteer Tony Sarg, capturing his genius, his dedication, his zest for play, and his long-lasting gift to America--the inspired helium balloons that would become the trademark of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Check AvailabilityThe Elephant Scientist
O'Connell, Caitlin
Journey to the Namibian desert with Caitlin O'Connell, an American scientist, and witness one of nature's largest , most complex, and most intelligent mammals living today on this earth.
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Hopkinson, Deborah.
Tells the tale of the sinking of the Titanic using the narratives of the witnesses and survivors to the disaster.
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Sheinkin, Steve.
Recounts the scientific discoveries that enabled atom splitting, the military intelligence operations that occurred in rival countries, and the work of brilliant scientists hidden at Los Alamos.
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Byrd, Robert.
Learn all about the life of Benjamin Franklin, from his childhood to his golden years.
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Cate, Annette.
A conversational, humorous introduction to bird-watching featuring quirky full-color illustrations portray dozens of birds chatting about their distinctive characteristics, including color, shape, plumage, and beak and foot types.
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Floca, Brian.
Learn what it was like to travel on the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s.
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Floca, Brian.
Learn what it was like to travel on the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s.
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Greenberg, Jan
Learn what it was like to travel on the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s.
Check AvailabilityA Splash Of Red
Bryant, Jennifer.
Presents an illustrated introduction to the life and work of artist Horace Pippin, describing his childhood love for drawing and the World War I injury that challenged his career.
Check AvailabilitySeparate Is Never Equal
Tonatiuh, Duncan.
Years before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez, an eight-year-old girl of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage, played an instrumental role in Mendez v. Westminster, the landmark desegregation case of 1946 in California"--
Check AvailabilityThe Right Word
Bryant, Jennifer
The story of "shy young Peter Mark Roget, [for whom] books were the best companions--and it wasn't long before Peter began writing his own book. But he didn't write stories; he wrote lists. Peter took his love for words and turned it to organizing ideas and finding exactly the right word to express just what he thought. His lists grew and grew, eventually turning into one of the most important reference books of all time"--Amazon.com.
Check AvailabilityNeighborhood Sharks
Roy, Katherine
A portrait of the life cycle, biology, and habitat of the great white shark, based on the latest research and an up-close visit with these animals in the Farallon Islands.
Check AvailabilityBrown Girl Dreaming
Woodson, Jacqueline.
The author shares her childhood memories and reveals the first sparks that ignited her writing career in free-verse poems about growing up in the North and South"--
Check AvailabilityThe Boys Who Challenged Hitler
Hoose, Phillip M.
The true story of a group of boy resistance fighters in Denmark after the Nazi invasion"--
Check AvailabilityFunny Bones
Tonatiuh, Duncan.
Presents the life of the Mexican artist, who became famous for his drawings of skeletons in multiple everyday poses which have become identified with the Mexican Day of the Dead.
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Weatherford, Carole Boston
Presents a collage-illustrated treasury of poems and spirituals inspired by the life and work of civil rights advocate Fannie Lou Hamer.
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Fleming, Candace
A nonfiction picture book exploring the mysterious life of the elusive giant squid"--
Check AvailabilityGrand Canyon
Chin, Jason
An exploration of the Grand Canyon on a grand scale, as only Jason Chin can illustrate and explain."--
Check AvailabilitySachiko
Stelson, Caren Barzelay
This striking work of narrative nonfiction tells the true story of six-year-old Sachiko Yasui's survival of the Nagasaki atomic bomb on August 9, 1945, and the heartbreaking and lifelong aftermath. Having conducted extensive interviews with Sachiko Yasui, Caren Stelson chronicles Sachiko s trauma and loss as well as her long journey to find peace. This book offers readers a remarkable new perspective on the final moments of World War II and their aftermath.
Check AvailabilityNot So Different
Burcaw, Shane.
Not So Different offers a humorous, relatable, and refreshingly honest glimpse into Shane Burcaw’s life tackles many of the mundane and quirky questions that he’s often asked about living with a disability, and shows readers that he’s just as approachable, friendly, and funny as anyone else. Shane Burcaw was born with a rare disease called spinal muscular atrophy, which hinders his muscles’ growth. As a result, his body hasn’t grown bigger and stronger as he’s gotten older―it’s gotten smaller and weaker instead. This hasn’t stopped him from doing the things he enjoys (like eating pizza and playing sports and video games) with the people he loves, but it does mean that he routinely relies on his friends and family for help with everything from brushing his teeth to rolling over in bed.
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