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!