2010 REAL Sibert Award Winners

The winners of several youth media awards were announced yesterday morning at the ALA Midwinter Meeting. Information about all of the award winners can be found at the ALA website.

Of course, on this blog we're most excited about those honored with the Sibert Award, so here they are:

The 2010 Robert F. Sibert Medal was awarded to:

• Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone

Three Sibert Honor Books were named:

• The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors by Chris Barton

• Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca

• Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose

ACPL 2010 Mock Sibert Award Winner and Honor Books

This afternoon a group of six dedicated children's book readers gathered to discuss a long list of children's informational titles published in 2009. We learned a lot from each other and from our discussion about authority, documentation, organization, clarity, presentation style and more! In the end, we selected our Mock Sibert Award winner and two honor books.

2010 MOCK SIBERT AWARD WINNER

The Frog Scientist by Pamela S. Turner
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children



2010 MOCK SIBERT HONOR BOOKS

Redwoods by Jason Chin

Roaring Book Press


Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose
Melanie Kroupa Books

Congratulations to our mock winners, and thanks to everyone who participated in this year's program!

Past ACPL Mock Sibert Winners and Honor Books

What's on Your Short List?

We're coming down to the wire...less than 2 weeks left to read! Which titles are on your list of favorites? Leave a comment here so that we can all be sure to read them before our discussion on January 9th.

Printable List Now Available

As you rush to finish up your reading in these last couple weeks before our discussion on January 9, you may find this printable version of the entire reading list helpful.

Also, don't forget to register for the program. Happy reading!

2010 Mock Sibert: Reading List #4

This is the fourth and final reading list for this year's Mock Sibert Discussion and Election:

• John Brown: His Fight for Freedom by John Hendrix

• Before Columbus: The Americas of 1491 by Charles C. Mann

• Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting by Jim Murphy

• Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don't You Grow Weary by Elizabeth Partridge

A complete and printable list of all the titles to be discussed at the Mock Sibert Discussion and Election Program will be available soon. Links to blog posts about each of the titles on the list appear to the right. As always, we'd love to hear what you think about these books. Please leave your comments here on the blog.

If you'd like to participate in our in-person discussion in January, please register soon. The program will be held at the Allen County Public Library on Saturday, January 9, 2010, 2:00 - 6:00 PM. There's sure to be some exciting discussion surrounding these great titles. Also, Indiana librarians who attend the program will receive 1 LEU!

John Brown: His Fight for Freedom

John Brown: His Fight for Freedom
by John Hendrix
Abrams Books for Young Readers
39 pages

Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don't You Grow Weary

Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don't You Grow Weary
by Elizabeth Partridge
Viking
68 pages

Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting

Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting
by Jim Murphy
Scholastic Press
116 pages

Ernest Hemingway: A Writer's Life

Ernest Hemingway: A Writer's Life
by Catherine Reef
Clarion Books
183 pages

An introduction to the life and work of Ernest Hemingway, one of the most significant and notorious American writers of the 20th century.