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Debra Wilhoit
Lower School Librarian
Providence Day School
Charlotte, NC

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National American Indian Heritage Month
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National Author’s Day
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National Family Literacy Day
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Robert F. Sibert Award – 2008 Winner

Informational Book

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Title: The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
Author: Peter Sis
Publisher: Frances Foster Books

Artist Sis Peter describes what it was like growing up in a Communist country and discusses how Western culture influenced his life.

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Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award

Awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished informational book published in English during the preceeding year.

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2008 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Honor Books

Title: Lightship
Author: Brian Floca
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Title: Nic Bishop Spiders
Author: Nic Bishop
Publisher: Scholastic Nonfiction

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