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Robert E. Sibert Award |
All items prefixed with an asterisk (*) are held by James G. Gee Library, Texas A&M University--Commerce
Robert E. Sibert Award is given annually (1st time 2001) to the author of the most distinguished informational book published during the preceding year. Information books are defined as those written and illustrated to present, organize and interpret documentable factual material for children. There are no limitations as to the character of the book, although poetry and traditional literature are not eligible. The award is named in honor of Robert E. Sibert, the long-time president of Bound to Stay Books, Inc. of Jacksonville, IL, and is sponsored by the company.
2002 Award Winner:
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Black Potatoes:The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850. (Houghton Mifflin)[Juv. 941.5081 B285b]
2002 Honor Books
Warren, Andrea. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps. (HarperCollins)[Metroplex Bio.M312w]
Greenberg, Jan and Jordan, Sandra. Vincent VanGogh: Portrait of an Artist. (Delacourt Press)[Juv. Bio. G557g]
Curlee, Lynn. Brooklyn Bridge. (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum Books for Young Readers)[Juv. 624 L928br]
2001 Award Winners:
Aronson, Marc Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado (Clarion Books) [Juv. Bio. R138a]
Dash, Joan The Longitude Prize (Illustrated by Dusan Petricic) (Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux) [Juv. Bio. H246d]
Murphy, Jim Blizzard! The Storm That Changed America (Scholastic Press) [Juv. 974.7 M954b]
Webb, Sophie My Season with Penguins: An Antarctic Journal (Houghton Mifflin Company) [Juv. 598.47 W384m]
Winick, Judd Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned (Henry Holt and Company, LLC) [Yth. 362.1 W727p]
This page compiled by Marsha Keenan Last update June 2002