Annal:2004 Sibert Medal
From AwardAnnals
Results of the Sibert Medal in the year 2004. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
- 2004 Horn Book-nonfiction winner
- 2004 Sibert winner
- 2004 Newbery honor
- 2003 NBA–Youth finalist
- Score: 32.54
1793, Philadelphia. The nation’s capital and the largest city in North America is devastated by an apparently incurable disease, cause unknown…
In a powerful, dramatic narrative, critically acclaimed author Jim Murphy describes the illness known as yellow fever and the toll it took on the city”s residents, relating the epidemic to the major social and political events of the day and to 18th-century medical beliefs and practices. Drawing on first-hand accounts, Murphy spotlights the heroic role of Philadelphia”s free blacks in combating the disease, and the…
- 2004 Sibert honor
- Score: 6.54
Renowned science author Vicki Cobb makes scientific principles easy for even the youngest kids to understand. Follow this book with a young child who loves to play. Bring along balloons. Find a windy place. Together you'll face the wind and see that learning is a breeze.
