Sibert Medal Winners and Honors

1.
The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs
The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs 4.62 avg rating — 649 ratings
2.
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre 4.48 avg rating — 4,172 ratings
3.
Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration
Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration 4.50 avg rating — 1,633 ratings
3.
Spooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and The War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America
Spooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and The War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America 4.01 avg rating — 661 ratings
5.
Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement (Caldecott Honor Book)
Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement (Caldecott Honor Book) 4.65 avg rating — 1,064 ratings
6.
This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality
This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality 4.47 avg rating — 1,217 ratings
7.
March: Book Three (March, #3)
March: Book Three (March, #3) 4.64 avg rating — 21,409 ratings
8.
Not So Different: What You Really Want to Ask About Having a Disability
Not So Different: What You Really Want to Ask About Having a Disability 4.45 avg rating — 1,086 ratings
9.
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story 4.25 avg rating — 2,466 ratings
10.
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team: (A True Story of Survival, Teamwork, and Global Rescue Efforts - For Kids Ages 9-12 in Grades 4-7)
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team: (A True Story of Survival, Teamwork, and Global Rescue Efforts - For Kids Ages 9-12 in Grades 4-7) 4.49 avg rating — 6,364 ratings
11.
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans (Ala Notable Children's Books. Older Readers)
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans (Ala Notable Children's Books. Older Readers)
by: Don Brown
4.04 avg rating — 9,073 ratings
12.
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer 4.31 avg rating — 2,787 ratings
13.
Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon 4.13 avg rating — 20,579 ratings
14.
Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks
Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks 4.38 avg rating — 1,035 ratings
15.
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation 4.41 avg rating — 6,283 ratings
16.
Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961
Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961 4.31 avg rating — 728 ratings
17.
Look Up!: Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard
Look Up!: Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard 4.17 avg rating — 690 ratings
18.
Uprooted: The Japanese American Experience During World War II
Uprooted: The Japanese American Experience During World War II 3.90 avg rating — 583 ratings
19.
Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon 4.34 avg rating — 2,651 ratings
20.
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March 4.18 avg rating — 3,869 ratings
20.
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain 4.09 avg rating — 4,628 ratings
22.
We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler
We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler 4.26 avg rating — 1,935 ratings
23.
The Book of Turtles
The Book of Turtles 4.49 avg rating — 366 ratings
24.
Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider
Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider 4.35 avg rating — 832 ratings
25.
Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera
Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera 4.54 avg rating — 1,918 ratings
25.
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker (Illustrated Biographies by Chronicle Books)
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker (Illustrated Biographies by Chronicle Books) 3.87 avg rating — 4,491 ratings
27.
How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity's Greatest Adventure
How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity's Greatest Adventure 4.40 avg rating — 443 ratings
27.
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club 4.11 avg rating — 6,210 ratings
29.
Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement
Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement 3.98 avg rating — 298 ratings
30.
Shipwrecked!: Diving for Hidden Time Capsules on the Ocean Floor
Shipwrecked!: Diving for Hidden Time Capsules on the Ocean Floor 3.87 avg rating — 204 ratings
30.
Summertime Sleepers: Animals That Estivate
Summertime Sleepers: Animals That Estivate 4.18 avg rating — 523 ratings
30.
When Angels Sing: The Story of Rock Legend Carlos Santana
When Angels Sing: The Story of Rock Legend Carlos Santana 4.03 avg rating — 443 ratings
33.
The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity 4.08 avg rating — 5,575 ratings
34.
Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott 4.44 avg rating — 356 ratings
35.
A Seed Grows
A Seed Grows 4.13 avg rating — 683 ratings
35.
We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball 4.26 avg rating — 4,068 ratings
37.
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story 4.40 avg rating — 6,688 ratings
38.
The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art
The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art 4.16 avg rating — 659 ratings
39.
The Tarantula Scientist
The Tarantula Scientist 4.13 avg rating — 318 ratings
40.
The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem
The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem 4.35 avg rating — 887 ratings
41.
All in a Drop: How Antony van Leeuwenhoek Discovered an Invisible World
All in a Drop: How Antony van Leeuwenhoek Discovered an Invisible World 4.07 avg rating — 540 ratings
41.
The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science
The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 4.33 avg rating — 2,024 ratings
43.
Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95
Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 3.91 avg rating — 2,080 ratings
44.
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus 4.07 avg rating — 6,647 ratings
45.
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia 4.16 avg rating — 13,133 ratings
46.
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson 4.34 avg rating — 4,225 ratings
47.
Spiders
Spiders 4.20 avg rating — 666 ratings
48.
Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes
Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes 4.18 avg rating — 378 ratings
49.
Brown Girl Dreaming
Brown Girl Dreaming 4.15 avg rating — 91,856 ratings
50.
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras 4.10 avg rating — 2,402 ratings
51.
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream 3.99 avg rating — 1,921 ratings
52.
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 4.27 avg rating — 2,560 ratings
53.
The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors
The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors 3.94 avg rating — 1,708 ratings
54.
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin 3.88 avg rating — 5,302 ratings
54.
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge 3.94 avg rating — 110 ratings
56.
My Season With Penguins: An Antarctic Journal
My Season With Penguins: An Antarctic Journal 3.63 avg rating — 92 ratings
57.
Drawing from Memory
Drawing from Memory
by: Allen Say
3.98 avg rating — 53,813 ratings
58.
Black and White: The Confrontation of Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor
Black and White: The Confrontation of Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor 3.89 avg rating — 161 ratings
59.
Giant Squid
Giant Squid 4.29 avg rating — 1,557 ratings
60.
Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem
Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem 4.05 avg rating — 370 ratings
60.
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade 4.09 avg rating — 13,176 ratings
60.
What to Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy!
What to Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy! 4.08 avg rating — 2,465 ratings
63.
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix (Food Heroes, 3)
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix (Food Heroes, 3) 3.83 avg rating — 804 ratings
63.
Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin 4.01 avg rating — 634 ratings
63.
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 4.09 avg rating — 6,121 ratings
63.
Wings of an Eagle: The Gold Medal Dreams of Billy Mills
Wings of an Eagle: The Gold Medal Dreams of Billy Mills 4.36 avg rating — 149 ratings
67.
Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos
Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos 4.25 avg rating — 239 ratings
68.
Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall
Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall 4.58 avg rating — 592 ratings
69.
The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees: A Graphic Novel
The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees: A Graphic Novel
by: Don Brown
4.06 avg rating — 3,745 ratings
69.
The Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II
The Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II 4.08 avg rating — 2,536 ratings
71.
The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights
The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 3.97 avg rating — 1,230 ratings
71.
The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival
The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival 4.46 avg rating — 1,201 ratings
73.
Camp Panda: Helping Cubs Return to the Wild
Camp Panda: Helping Cubs Return to the Wild 3.89 avg rating — 249 ratings
74.
Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown
Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown 4.35 avg rating — 2,219 ratings
74.
Walt Whitman: Words for America
Walt Whitman: Words for America 4.04 avg rating — 304 ratings
76.
Parrots Over Puerto Rico
Parrots Over Puerto Rico 4.07 avg rating — 1,853 ratings
76.
The Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea
The Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea 4.05 avg rating — 423 ratings
78.
We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know
We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know 4.29 avg rating — 1,282 ratings
79.
Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps
Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 4.17 avg rating — 5,448 ratings
80.
The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler
The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler 3.82 avg rating — 385 ratings
81.
Blizzard!: The Storm That Changed America
Blizzard!: The Storm That Changed America 3.81 avg rating — 1,424 ratings
82.
I Face the Wind
I Face the Wind really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 321 ratings
83.
Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir
Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir 4.39 avg rating — 3,956 ratings
84.
The Mad Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius
The Mad Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius 3.92 avg rating — 480 ratings
84.
Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon
Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon 3.96 avg rating — 634 ratings
86.
Hey, Water!
Hey, Water! 4.10 avg rating — 1,393 ratings
87.
Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot
Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot 4.10 avg rating — 1,343 ratings
88.
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 4.07 avg rating — 6,210 ratings
88.
Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing
Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing 4.10 avg rating — 329 ratings
88.
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 3.83 avg rating — 4,661 ratings
91.
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga 4.33 avg rating — 2,644 ratings
91.
Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands
Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands 4.15 avg rating — 1,836 ratings
91.
Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850
Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850 4.03 avg rating — 1,544 ratings
94.
Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring
Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring 3.91 avg rating — 994 ratings
95.
Locomotive
Locomotive 4.13 avg rating — 6,140 ratings
95.
Lightship
Lightship 4.01 avg rating — 549 ratings
97.
To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel
To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel 3.84 avg rating — 3,920 ratings
98.
Titanic: Voices From the Disaster
Titanic: Voices From the Disaster 4.05 avg rating — 4,855 ratings
99.
Action Jackson
Action Jackson 3.90 avg rating — 452 ratings
100.
Lafayette and the American Revolution
Lafayette and the American Revolution 3.91 avg rating — 348 ratings
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