Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal, 2001-2025
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 2001 -- recognizing the best informational books for children under 15
- 2,460 Resources including
- 212 Videos
- 155 Book Readings
- 232 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 110 book results
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper
(Honor, 2022)
65 Resources22 Awards
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal
(Winner, 2020)
50 Resources17 Awards
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
(Honor, 2015)
46 Resources16 Awards
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes
(Honor, 2016)
46 Resources16 Awards
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
(Honor, 2021)
46 Resources18 Awards
We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know
by Traci Sorell and Frané Lessac
(Honor, 2022)
42 Resources9 Awards
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet
(Winner, 2015)
41 Resources15 Awards
The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art
by Cynthia Y. Levinson and Evan Turk
(Winner, 2022)
41 Resources11 Awards
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
(Honor, 2015)
39 Resources15 Awards
Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks
by Suzanne Slade and Cozbi A. Cabrera
(Honor, 2021)
38 Resources9 Awards
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker
by Patricia Hruby Powell and Christian Robinson
(Honor, 2015)
34 Resources11 Awards
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade
(Winner, 2012)
33 Resources12 Awards
Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—The World's Most Dangerous Weapon
(Winner, 2013)
33 Resources10 Awards
Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera
by Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann
(Winner, 2021)
33 Resources11 Awards
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
by Kadir Nelson
(Winner, 2009)
32 Resources11 Awards
The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem
by Colleen Paeff and Nancy Carpenter
(Honor, 2022)
31 Resources8 Awards
How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity's Greatest Adventure
by John Rocco
(Honor, 2021)
30 Resources11 Awards
Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement
by Angela Joy and Janelle Washington
(Honor, 2023)
30 Resources16 Awards
The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs
by Chana Stiefel and Susan Gal
(Honor, 2023)
30 Resources7 Awards
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix
by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, June Jo Lee, and Man One
(Honor, 2018)
29 Resources8 Awards
Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring
by Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan, and Brian Floca
(Honor, 2011)
26 Resources7 Awards
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet
(Honor, 2014)
26 Resources9 Awards
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the Selma Voting Rights March
by Lynda Blackmon Lowery, Elspeth Leacock, Susan Buckley, and P.J. Loughran
(Honor, 2016)
26 Resources6 Awards
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson
by Pam Muñoz Ryan and Brian Selznick
(Honor, 2003)
25 Resources7 Awards
Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot
by Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop
(Winner, 2011)
24 Resources7 Awards
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
(Honor, 2016)
24 Resources8 Awards
The Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II
(Honor, 2025)
24 Resources11 Awards
This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality
by Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy
(Honor, 2020)
23 Resources9 Awards
Summertime Sleepers: Animals That Estivate
by Melissa Stewart and Sarah S. Brannen
(Honor, 2022)
22 Resources4 Awards
The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival
by Estelle Nadel, Sammy Savos, and Bethany Strout
(Honor, 2025)
22 Resources10 Awards
