Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal

About the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal
The Sibert Award honors the most distinguished informational book published in English in the preceding year for its significant contribution to children’s literature.

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2013 Winner(s)

Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon

written by Steve Sheinkin, published by Flash Point, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press

2013 Honor(s)

Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin

written and illustrated by Robert Byrd and published by Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group

Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95

written by Phillip M. Hoose and published by Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers

Titanic: Voices from the Disaster

written by Deborah Hopkinson and published by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.