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Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal 2017

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Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal 2017

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. The Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, administers the award.

- The winner of the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award is MARCH: Book Three created by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell.

- Four Sibert Honor Books were named: GIANT SQUID written by Candace Fleming, illustrated by Eric Rohmann; SACHIKO: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story written by Caren Stelson; UPROOTED: The Japanese American Experience During World War II written by Albert Marrin; and WE WILL NOT BE SILENT: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler written by Russell Freedman.
March: Book Three written by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, illustrated by Nate Powell - Graphic Novel

August 2, 2016


Welcome to the stunning conclusion of the award-winning and bestselling March trilogy. Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and one of the key figures of the civil rights movement, joins co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell to bring the lessons of history to vivid life for a new generation, urgently relevant for today's world.

Giant Squid by Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann - Picture Book

September 27, 2016

Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story by Caren Stelson - Nonfiction

October 1, 2016

Uprooted: The Japanese American Experience During World War II by Albert Marrin - History

October 25, 2016

We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler by Russell Freedman - History

May 3, 2016