From: Ginny Moore Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 08:55:50 -0500

Please refer to this Sibert Award announcement, rather than to the one you recently received. - Ginny


There's a new award on the block. It's the ALSC/Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award, and it is to be awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished informational book published during the preceding year. Honor books may be named.

Information books are defined as those written and illustrated to present, organize, and interpret doumentable factual material for children. (Poetry and traditional literature are not eligible).

The first award will be announced at the press conference during the ALA Midwinter Conference to be held in Washington, D.C., in January, 2001. The award will be presented at the ALSC membership meeting during the ALA Annual Conference to be held in San Francisco in June, 2001.

The 2001 Sibert Committee welcomes suggestions from the ALSC membership. Please remember: only informational books from the 2000 publishing year are under consideration for this award.

Please send suggestions to Susan Faust, 2001 Sibert Committee Chair, via e-mail at SanFranSue at aol.com.
Received on Tue 02 May 2000 08:55:50 AM CDT