Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal, 2001-2021
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 2001 -- recognizing the best informational books for children under 15
Sponsored by Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)

- 1,884 Resources including
- 169 Videos
- 116 Book Readings
- 187 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
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Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
(Honor, 2015)
44 Resources15 Awards

The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet
(Winner, 2015)
43 Resources13 Awards


Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes
(Honor, 2016)
40 Resources14 Awards

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal
(Winner, 2020)
40 Resources11 Awards


The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
(Honor, 2015)
38 Resources13 Awards

Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker
by Patricia Hruby Powell and Christian Robinson
(Honor, 2015)
36 Resources9 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)
32 Resources10 Awards

Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--The World's Most Dangerous Weapon
(Winner, 2013)
31 Resources9 Awards

Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix
by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, June Jo Lee, and Man One
(Honor, 2018)
31 Resources6 Awards

All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
(Honor, 2021)
31 Resources12 Awards


Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade
(Winner, 2012)
29 Resources10 Awards

Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks
by Suzanne Slade and Cozbi A. Cabrera
(Honor, 2021)
29 Resources7 Awards

We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
by Kadir Nelson
(Winner, 2009)
28 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)
28 Resources5 Awards




Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera
by Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann
(Winner, 2021)
27 Resources10 Awards


When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson
by Pam Muñoz Ryan and Brian Selznick
(Honor, 2003)
26 Resources5 Awards


A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet
(Honor, 2014)
25 Resources5 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)
25 Resources8 Awards


Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot
by Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop
(Winner, 2011)
24 Resources6 Awards

Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring
by Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan, and Brian Floca
(Honor, 2011)
24 Resources5 Awards


The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
(Honor, 2016)
24 Resources7 Awards

Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands
(Honor, 2015)
22 Resources7 Awards


Action Jackson
by Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan, and Robert Andrew Parker
(Honor, 2003)
20 Resources4 Awards

Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea
by Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop
(Honor, 2007)
20 Resources5 Awards



Spooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and the War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America
by Gail Jarrow
(Honor, 2019)
20 Resources7 Awards

An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
by Jim Murphy
(Winner, 2004)
18 Resources8 Awards




The Mad Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius
by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
(Honor, 2014)
18 Resources5 Awards