Award overlap

Books That Won Both the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards and the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal

2 books won both the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards and the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal between 2008 and 2024, most recently The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity (2024/2024). 15 more were recognized by both without winning both.

Years are award years. Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards · Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal

Won both

Books that won both the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards and the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal, most recent first.
BookAuthorBoston Globe–Horn Book AwardsRobert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal
The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global CelebrityNicholas Day, Brett Helquist
  • 2024 Winner (Nonfiction)
  • 2024 Winner (Informational Book)
The Wall: Growing Up behind the Iron CurtainPeter Sís
  • 2008 Winner (Nonfiction)
  • 2008 Winner (Informational Book)

Recognized by both

Books recognized by both the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards and the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal without winning both, most recent first.
BookAuthorBoston Globe–Horn Book AwardsRobert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal
Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights MovementAngela Joy, Janelle Washington
  • 2023 Honor (Nonfiction)
  • 2023 Honor (Informational Book)
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race MassacreCarole Boston Weatherford, Floyd Cooper
  • 2021 Honor (Nonfiction)
  • 2022 Honor (Informational Book)
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer TeamChristina Soontornvat
  • 2021 Honor (Nonfiction)
  • 2021 Honor (Informational Book)
Ordinary Hazards: A MemoirNikki Grimes
  • 2020 Honor (Nonfiction)
  • 2020 Honor (Informational Book)
This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School EqualityJo Ann Allen Boyce, Debbie Levy
  • 2019 Winner (Nonfiction)
  • 2020 Honor (Informational Book)
We Are Grateful: OtsaliheligaTraci Sorell, Frané Lessac
  • 2019 Honor (Picture Book)
  • 2019 Honor (Informational Book)
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill ClubPhillip Hoose
  • 2015 Honor (Nonfiction)
  • 2016 Honor (Informational Book)
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights MovementCarole Boston Weatherford, Ekua Holmes
  • 2016 Honor (Nonfiction)
  • 2016 Honor (Informational Book)
Brown Girl DreamingJacqueline Woodson
  • 2015 Honor (Nonfiction)
  • 2015 Honor (Informational Book)
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine BakerPatricia Hruby Powell, Christian Robinson
  • 2014 Honor (Nonfiction)
  • 2015 Honor (Informational Book)
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, & the Fall of Imperial RussiaCandace Fleming
  • 2015 Winner (Nonfiction)
  • 2015 Honor (Informational Book)
Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin FranklinRobert Byrd
  • 2013 Winner (Nonfiction)
  • 2013 Honor (Informational Book)
The Elephant ScientistCaitlin O'Connell, Donna M. Jackson, Timothy Rodwell
  • 2012 Honor (Nonfiction)
  • 2012 Honor (Informational Book)
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to DreamTanya Lee Stone
  • 2009 Honor (Nonfiction)
  • 2010 Winner (Informational Book)
What to Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy!Barbara Kerley, Edwin Fotheringham
  • 2008 Honor (Nonfiction)
  • 2009 Honor (Informational Book)