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2025-01-27

The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award

The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for most distinguished informational book for children: “Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall,” written by Lynn Brunelle and illustrated by Jason Chin, is the Sibert Award winner. The book is published by Neal Porter Books, Holiday House.

Sibert Honor Books

"Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos," written by Nathalie Alonso, illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez and published by Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers;

"The Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II," written by Candace Fleming and published by Scholastic Focus, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.;

"The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival," written by Estelle Nadel and Sammy Savos with Bethany Strout, illustrated by Sammy Savos and published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing;

"Wings of an Eagle: The Gold Medal Dreams of Billy Mills," written by Billy Mills and Donna Janell Bowman, illustrated by S. D. Nelson and published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group.

And now I've read all the Sibert's. The last four required inter-library loans. This was a quite worthwhile list of books, really all the way through - though certainly I preferred some over others.

2026-01-26

The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for most distinguished informational book for children: “Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka con la Papa,” written by Sara Andrea Fajardo, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal and published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing.

Sibert Honor Books

"At Last She Stood: How Joey Guerrero Spied, Survived, and Fought for Freedom," written by Erin Entrada Kelly and published by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publisher;

"Go Tell It: How James Baldwin Became a Writer," written by Quartez Harris, illustrated by Gordon C. James and published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.;

"The History of We," written and illustrated by Nikkolas Smith and published by Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House;

"Silenced Voices: Reclaiming Memories from the Guatemalan Genocide," written and illustrated by Pablo Leon and published by HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers; and

“A World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, A Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out,” written by Nicholas Day, illustrated by Yas Imamura and published by Random House Studio, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House.