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Yikes! We didn't even have the real 2019 Sibert winner on our mock list. That's okay, though. We loved getting to read all these fabulous nonfiction books. Withough further ado, here are more of our picks!  Freed by Words By: M.T & R.B Have you ever wondered how some slaves learned to read and write? Frederick Douglass learned to read and taught many other people. In Words Set Me Free written by Lesa Cline-Ransome and illustrated by James Ransome should win the Sibert Medal because the illustrations, the main text, and the back matter support the book’s main idea-perseverance. The first reason Words Set Me Free should win the Sibert Medal is because the illustrations support the book’s main idea-perseverance. The first page of the book shows the woman holding the candle that lights up the room while Frederick sleeps on the floor with no bed. This shows perseverance because it shows his family suffers through poverty. Turn a few pages and you’ll find Fredrick standing there tied up. His face showed hope which showed us perseverance. When the reader flips three pages, you find a shadow of a man yelling. It made Frederick feel unwanted which made him feel like he should never give up. The second reason words set me free should win the Sibert Medal is because the main text supports the book’s main idea-perseverance. In the beginning, Lesa Cline-Ransome wrote,¨We ate our two meals a day out of a trough just like the animals in the barn.¨ This shows perseverance because he's eating from the same thing the animals do. His will to survive was greater than his circumstances. In the middle of the book, Lesa Cline-Ransome wrote, “With a brick and a lump of chalk was first how I practiced my letters. Scratched them all along the brick streets of Baltimore.” This shows perseverance because he never gave up on learning his letters. At the end of the book, Lesa Cline-Ransome wrote, ”At twelve years old,with tips I saved from my errands, I bought my first newspaper and learned new words--liberty, justice,and freedom.” This shows perseverance because it took a long time for a slave to earn money and he never gave up on reading. My third reason Words Set Me Free should win the Sibert Medal is because the back matter supports the book’s main idea-perseverance. Because in the beginning of the back matter Frederick wrote a letter to escape from his master. This shows he was persevering to stop slavery. He thought he had persevered through life. Shortly after in the back matter Frederick tried to escape slavery but didn´t escape that night.This tells us Frederick was persevering because he tried to escape to show the rest of the world slaves can be more. In the end of the back matter, Frederick and his friends were jailed and taken away for trying to escape. This shows perseverance because jail is a really hard place to be in and all he was trying to do was retrieve his freedom. Words Set Me Free written by Lesa Cline-Ransome and illustrated by James Ransome should win the Sibert Medal because the illustrations, the main text, and the back matter support the book’s main idea-perseverance. Frederick Douglass loved to read, and persevered even though he knew slaves could get hurt.  Bodies of Water and Landforms By A.M.K. and L.P. Do you know a lot about landforms and water forms? If you don’t know a lot about landforms and water forms than you should definitely read the book Water Land. Before you read Water Land you may not know anything about water forms or landforms, but after you read Water Land you will know everything you need to know about water forms and landforms. Water Land by Christy Hale should win the Sibert Medal because the illustrations, main text, and back matter support the book’s main idea that bodies of water and landforms are connected. The first reason Water Land should win the Sibert Medal is because the illustrations support the book’s main idea that bodies of water connect with landforms. Christy Hale uses a novel approach to show how landforms partner with bodies of water. On the first spread there is a picture of a lake, but when you flip the page an island appears. That shows you can't have an island without a lake. Another example is if there is a strait of water there is an isthmus of land. An isthmus is a landform that is in the middle of two bodies of water, so you can’t have an isthmus without two bodies of water. Another pair is a gulf of water with a peninsula of land. A peninsula of land is land that is surrounded on three sides by water. So you can’t have a gulf of water without a peninsula of land. The illustrations are one reason why Water Land should win the Sibert Medal. The second reason Water Land should win the Sibert Medal is because the main text supports the book’s main idea that bodies of water partner with landforms. In the main text there are words that coordinate with the pictures. There would be an illustration to show what each word means and looks like. On the map there are labeled parts to show where the water forms and landforms could be located. On the big open map it has labeled continents. On one of the continents it has a lake in the middle and on the edge there is a strait. Also, on each page there are big, bold words that are clear, neat and easy to read. One example is isthmus. All the words are big and on top of the page, so you can see them right away. The main text is another reason why Water Land should win the Sibert Medal. The third reason Water Land should win the Sibert Medal is because the back matter supports the book’s main idea that bodies of water partner with landforms, for example all bodies of water are different. A lake is a water form fully surrounded by land and a gulf of water is surrounded by water on only three sides instead of all around. Landforms are the total opposite of water forms. An example would be the system of lakes. They have three lakes. So take that water, turn it into land and surround it by water. It would be an archipelago. All in all, we definitely think Water Land by Christy Hale should win the Sibert Medal because the illustrations, main text, and back matter support the book's main idea that bodies of water and landforms are connected. Between the two covers you will find everything you need to know about water forms and landforms.  Sophie Never Stopped
By: A.J.J. and R.F. Can you find a consecutive sum equation that equals 15? Well Sophie Germain could find that equation in about less than a minute when she was about 10 let alone the fact that most 10 year olds probably don’t even know what consecutive means. Nothing Stopped Sophie By: Cheryl Bardoe and Illustrated By: Barbara McClintock should win the Sibert Medal because of the Illustrations, maintext, and the back matter supports the book’s main idea- perseverance. The first reason why Nothing Stopped Sophie should win the Sibert Medal is because of the illustrations support the book’s main idea- perseverance. The first spread of the book shows a soaring bird to represent Sophie Germain flying over gender discrimination. Barbara McClintock shows the bird flying with numbers to show that if people say girls can’t be mathematicians it’s like saying birds can’t fly. When the reader flips to page eleven the reader will see a collage of some of Sophie’s work but painted over the collage shows Sophie working. The illustrationer shows Sophie working on her vibration equation to show that she was persevering for about four years. Later on in the book when Sophie is an adult, it shows a time lapse of Sophie’s life but in each picture it’s her working. The Ms.McClintock wanted to show Sophie calculating numbers to reinforce the idea that Sophie worked for about two years to solve the vibration calculation. The illustrations highlight that it is possible to persevere through gender discrimination. The second reason why Nothing Stopped Sophie should win the Sibert Medal is because the main text supports the book’s main idea-perseverance. Cheryl Bardoe wrote, “Nothing stopped Sophie.” over and over to reinforce the idea that Sophie persevered through her entire life. In the beginning of the book you will see Sophie’s parents saying, “It would be impossible for women to be a mathematician.” The writer wrote that to reinforce the idea that there were in obstacles in Sophie’s life.Towards the end of the book the main text states, “Sophie returned to her work for two more years she tested her predictions by vibrating sand on plates.” The author wanted to really reinforce the idea that Sophie never ever stopped trying even when life got hard for her, and if that isn’t perseverance we don’t know what is. Ms.Bardoe wanted to highlight that everybody has to overcome obstacles, fears, and even more. The third reason the book Nothing Stopped Sophie by: Cheryl Bardoe and illustrated by: Barbara McClintock should win the Sibert Medal is because the backmatter supports the book’s main idea- perseverance. In the back it says, “ Women did not receive the right to vote.” The writer wanted to include that fact to highlight another one of Sophie’s obstacles that she faced. Next It says that, “ Any women expressed herself as an intellectual risked becoming the target of gossip and ridicule.” Sophie persevered to be nice and show good manners even though people said that women couldn’t be mathematicians. Unfortunately, Sophie eventually died because of a disease called breast cancer. That was one of the only things that Sophie couldn't overcome. But Cheryl Bardoe included that to highlight that Sophie worked really hard all her life even if her life wasn’t that long. Nothing Stopped Sophie by Cheryl Bardoe and Illustrated by Barbara McClintock should win the Sibert Medal because of the Illustrations, maintext, and the back matter supports the book’s main idea- perseverance. Even if people say you can’t do something it doesn't mean you have to stop doing what you love and this book teaches that exact thing and that's why we think that this book should win.
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Please note that students worked in partners to write these essays. If students wrote separate introductions, I will feature each essay even though the body paragraphs are the same. This allows me to celebrate each author's hard work and dedication. Thanks for reading!  In the Field of Art By T.K.M. and H.J.E.J. One of us plays football at recess. He knows he will be made fun of if he shows his art skills. But when it comes to Ernie Barnes, he had to pay the price, literally--his coach fined him $50 when he sketched. sandraneilwallace.com/Between the Lines written by Sandra Neil Wallace and illustrated by Bryan Coller should win the Sibert Medal because its illustrations, main text, and back matter support the book’s main idea-perseverance. The first reason Between the Lines should win the sibert medal is because the illustrations support the book’s main idea-perseverance. In the end of the book, there is an image of Ernie in his small studio painting a picture made from his father's fence. Bryan Collier represented this to show how much sadness Ernie felt when he glanced down at the last part of his father he knew. He persevered to overcome this challenge. Tick tick tick! Let's go back to when Ernie was a boy and he was excluded from art museums and libraries. Many people would give up on art. But not Ernie. Instead, Ernie persevered to overcome this challenge. He went home and sketched, drawing all his ideas,on one blank sheet of miraculous paper. By the time Ernie was playing for the Colts in professional football, he still had a passion for art. His coach fined him fifty dollars when he got caught sketching. One time “he reached under his seat to get his notebook and it was gone!” He looked up and was startled to see his notepad scattered on the field.This ties in with perseverance because he didn't listen to his coach, he wouldn't give up on art. Bryan Collier gave the feel of Ernie persevering to push past the insults people shouted when he drew. The second reason Between the Lines should win the Sibert Medal is because the main text supports the book’s main idea perseverance. As a boy, Ernie was made fun of because of how shy he was. Most people would have cried but Ernie persevered and “hurried home and painted.” This supports perseverance because he simply didn't accept the fact that people were pushing him around, making fun of him. In his first year of college the civil rights movement shot into place. Then, he was allowed to go to art museums. He asked the tour guide, “Where are the paintings by Negro artists?” The tour guide was simply surprised and said, “Your people don’t express themselves in that way.” This is racist is because the tour guide is saying that African Americans can’t draw. As an adult, it was hard to live a poor life when he quit football. He had no money, no job, and had no idea what to do next. To persevere, he gathered his paintings and gave a speech saying, “I want to become the official artist for the American Football League.” Ernie still sketched, but mainly his life as an unknown artist was over. The third reason Between the Lines should win the Sibert Medal is that the back matter supports the book’s main idea perseverance. You probably all know that blacks were excluded from fountains and all, but did you know they couldn't go to art gallery, libraries,and had to attend all black schools? Ernie had to persevere to overcome this challenge. Racial inequality was not the only thing on Ernie´s mind, he was bullied. He never gave up on art, instead he found hiding places to sketch. Ernie had a poor, sorrowful until, “A high school weight lifting coach discovered him in the halls and helped him become a star athlete.” Ernie Barnes persevered through his lifetime and became history touring the U.S.A.! Between the Lines written by Sandra Neil Wallace and illustrated by Bryan Collier should win the Sibert Medal because it’s illustrations, main text, and back matter support the book’s main idea-perseverance. Sandra Neil Wallace and Bryan Collier showed how Ernie persevered to overcome these challenges. That is is why Between the Lines should win the Sibert Medal! A special thanks to Sandra Neil Wallace for sending our class bookmarks once she heard our class picked it as our Sibert Medal winner!  Words Set Me Free Every Day By: R.B & M.T Have you ever wondered what slaves went through? Frederick Douglass knew, he lived his whole life in slavery. Words Set Me Free written by Lesa Cline-Ransome and illustrated by James Ransome should win the Sibert medal because the illustrations, main text and back matter support the book main idea - perseverance. The first reason Words Set Me Free should win the Sibert medal is because the illustrations support the book’s main idea - perseverance. The first page of the book shows a woman holding a candle that lights the room while Fredrik sleeps on the floor. The family has no money for a bed or electricity. This shows perseverance because it shows his family suffered through poverty. Turn a few pages and you will find, Fredrik standing there tied up waiting to be taken as a slave. His face showed hope which showed us perseverance. When the reader flips three pages you find a shadow of a man yelling. It made Frederick feel unwanted but it made him feel like he should never give up. The second reason Words Set Me Free should win the Sibert Medal is because the main text supports the main idea - perseverance. In the beginning Lesa Cline-Ransome wrote, “We ate our two meals a day out of a trough like the animals in the barn.” This shows perseverance because he’s eating from the same thing the animals do. His will to survive was greater than his circumstances. In the middle of the book, Lesa Cline-Ransome wrote, “With a brick and a lump of chalk was first how I practiced my letters. Scratched them all along the brick streets and wooden fences of Baltimore.” This shows perseverance because he never gave up on learning his letters. At the end of the book, Lesa Cline-Ransome wrote, “ At twelve-years-old, with tips I saved from my errands, I bought my first newspaper and learned new words--- liberty, justice and freedom.” This shows perseverance because it took a long time for a slave to earn money and to use the savings on his road to freedom. Our third reason Words Set Me Free should win the Sibert Medal is because the back matter supports the main idea - perseverance. In the beginning of the back matter, Frederick wrote a letter to end his life in slavery. This shows he was persevering to end slavery. He thought he had preserved through life as he worked through his challenges. Shortly after in the back matter, Frederick tried to escape slavery but he didn't escape that night. This shows us perseverance because he tried to escape to show the rest of the world that slaves can be more than what they think. He did not give up. In the end of the back matter, Frederick and his friends where jailed and taken away for trying to escape. This shows perseverance because jail is a really hard place to be in, and all he was trying to do was retrieve his freedom. Words Set Me Free written by Lesa Cline-Ransome and illustrated by James Ransome should win the Sibert medal because the illustrations, main text and back Matter support the book’s main idea - perseverance. Frederick Douglass lived a hard life trying to survive from when he was born to when he was twenty and became free. Cover to cover Fredrick overcame challenges to be free.
Between the Lines
By B.S. and A.J. We have painting supplies at our houses. But Ernest Barnes? Nope. He didn’t even have close to painting supplies, but he didn’t give up. Since he didn’t have paint, he had to be creative and use mud on the ground. Ernest didn’t stop believing, and he came to be an amazing artist. Between the Lines by Sandra Neil Wallace and illustrated by Bryan Collier should win the Sibert Medal because the illustrations, the main text and the back matter support the book’s main idea- believe in yourself. The first reason Between the Lines should win the Sibert Medal is because the illustrations support the book’s main idea- believe in yourself. The first spread is Ernie painting with a stick in the mud. He waits for the Carolina rain to make mud to paint with. In the middle of the book, we saw African-American children in museums. We read that African-American children couldn't go to segregated museums, but Ernie Barnes changed that. On the front cover of the book is a self portrait of Ernest, on the left side of him is his football team, on the right of Ernest was his art. Ernest was really good at football, but he loved art so he made paintings of football players. This is important because Bryan Collier is showing that Ernie did not stop believing in himself. Instead of quitting one, he combined painting and football. The second reason Between the Lines should win the Sibert Medal is because the main text supports the book’s main idea- believe in yourself. When Ernie was a child, Ernest’s family was poor but Ernest still found ways to paint. He used the mud to paint on the ground because he didn’t have any materials for painting. He also saw beauty in all of art. After college, Ernie played for a pro football team. Ernest drew in his sketchbook between plays in games, but his coach fined him fifty dollars every time he brought it out to sketch. Although, “Ernie kept drawing. One time when he reached for his notepad, it was gone. He watched the pieces of paper floating above the field in the wind. “Hey Barnes!” The coach yelled. “You could be great only if you could get that art out of your head!”” That is important because Ernest didn’t let the coach tell him what to do or what not to do. Later in his life Ernie did become an artist. His coach wouldn't let him do both because his coach wanted Ernie to focus on the game and not to draw in his sketchbook. This highlights believe in yourself because he tried to to sketch between plays. Later on in the book, Ernie meets Sonny Werblin, the owner of the New York Jets. “Sonny offered Ernie a football player’s salary. But he didn’t want Ernie to play. He wanted him to paint!” Ernest believed that he could do both football and painting and not have to stop doing one. Ernest Barnes believed in himself and got to where he is now, in the hall of art! The third reason Between the Lines should win the Sibert Medal is because the backmatter supports the book´s main idea- believe in yourself. In the backmatter it shows that Ernest painted his whole life because it starts with kindergarten and ends when he dies. This ties with believe in yourself because Ernest did not give up painting his whole life. When he was a very young child, Ernie found hiding places in the school to sketch and believed that he would be an artist. And through believing in himself, he became a very famous artist. He said, “Art has the capacity to change people's point of view.” He really believed that and that's one of the reasons he got to where he is, he believed in himself. Between the Lines by Sandra Neil Wallace and illustrated by Bryan Collier should win the Sibert Medal because the illustrations, the main text and the back matter support the book’s main idea- believe in yourself. He had no painting supplies and his parents were poor. Still, he came to be one of the most well known artists. If you want to know about someone who really believed in himself, read Between the Lines. Our fourth grade class read eleven outstanding nonfiction books published in 2018. Students paired up and studied the books' main text, backmatter, illustrations and text features. After reading and studying each book, each pair of students wrote persuasive essays about why the book they chose should win the Sibert. We'll be featuring three of our essays a day until they've all been published. Enjoy!  1987 Trash Disaster By S.L and H.Q Have you ever thrown away something that should have been recycled? Well, start recycling, because that's what caused the 1987 garbage barge disaster to happen in New York. All That Trash by Meghan McCarthy should win the Sibert Medal because it has amazing pictures, interesting back matter, and awesome main text that all support the main idea that recycling makes the world a better place. The first reason All That Trash should win the Sibert Medal is because the illustrations show how trash affects the earth. In the beginning of the book, Meghan McCarthy drew a pile of a bunch of trash. This shows that recycling makes the world a better place because there would be less trash and it wouldn’t cause problems if people recycled. Near the end of the book, Meghan McCarthy showed a huge banner hung on the barge that read, “Next time try recycling.” This supports the main idea that recycling is good for the earth because the barge was encouraging people to recycle. In the middle of All That Trash, she shows the nice, sandy beaches of the Bahamas next to all the nasty trash. This is important because it shows the nasty trash and that if you recycle there will be less trash. But if you don’t recycle, the nice, sandy places will be polluted. Meghan McCarthy’s illustrations show that recycling will be better for the earth. All That Trash should also win the Sibert Medal because it has awesome main text that supports the main idea that recycling makes the world a better place. In the beginning, Meghan McCarthy wrote, “Harrelson agreed to take 3,186 tons of trash.” This is important because the book tells the main idea of recycling is good for the earth because it shows how much trash was not recycled. At the end of the book, Meghan McCarthy wrote, ”Unfortunately, the Islip town supervisor who had offered to take the garbage changed his mind. Now he offered to take only half of the 3,186 tons. The town supervisor felt angry at the New York City mayor because he didn’t want the trash. ”Haul it to Gracie Mansion,” the New York City’s mayor’s home. Lastly, Harrelson’s plan was “to take 3,186 tons of trash from New York's almost full landfill in Islip. First he rented a barge to carry the garbage. Second he got a tugboat and crew to tow the barge. Third he found a place to dump it.” This supports the main idea because it tells what Harrelson’s plan was to take the trash to a different dump but there was so much trash that no one wanted it. All the main text show that recycling makes the world a better place. The last reason that All that Trash should win the Sibert Medal is because it has interesting back matter. My first example is that it has facts about the barge. This is important because the barge is what contained all the trash. My second example is that it tells you how to recycle in creative way like using plastic bottles as flower planters, decorating Christmas trees with found objects or using cardboard as your canvas. This is important because recycling is good for the earth and some people don't know how to recycle and it teaches them how to. My last example is that Harrelson's plan was that he wasted a lot of money on the barge. This is important because that he wasted $6000 on renting the barge every day! He could have used that money on something else if people recycled. All this back matter supports the main idea of recycling is better for the earth. All That Trash by Meghan McCarthy should win the Sibert Medal because it has amazing pictures, interesting back matter, and awesome main text that all support the main idea that recycling makes the world a better place. Do you want to learn about the the 1987 garbage barge? Then read All That Trash it's a great book!  Persevering through Life’s Challenges By: I.A. and A.M. Have you ever studied more than five-to-six hours per day? No? Well in Nothing Stopped Sophie, Sophie always studied more than five-to-six hours a day. Sophie persevered through all this studying because she wanted to teach herself how to be a mathematician. Nothing Stopped Sophie written by Cheryl Bardoe and illustrated by Barbara McClintock should win the Sibert Medal because the illustrations, main text, and back matter support the book’s main idea - perseverance. The first reason Nothing Stopped Sophie should win the Sibert medal is because the illustrations support the book’s main idea - perseverance. On the cover of the book Barbara McClintock drew numbers around Sophie. Barbara showed numbers around Sophie to reinforce the main idea of perseverance. The cover shows perseverance because the numbers show her teaching herself without going to school and keeping her hopes up of being a mathematician. Another reason Nothing Stopped Sophie should win the Sibert Medal is a picture that looks like it’s cut up. The page shows her studying to become a mathematician. The illustrator drew this picture to show Sophie persevering with all her studies to get into a good school. Toward the end of the book there is a page that shows her studying to figure out the calculations for “vibrating sands on plates.” Mrs.McClintock drew this picture to show Sophie’s hard work. Barbara’s illustrations highlight that it’s possible to do anything even if others don’t believe in you. The second reason Nothing Stopped Sophie should win the Sibert Medal is because the main text supports the book’s main idea-perseverance. When Sophie was little she had to persevere when teaching herself all the the things she needed to know. This sentence shows her perseverance. “One morning Sophie was found bundled in blankets, asleep at her desk, next to a pot of ink that had frozen solid.” Mrs. Bardoe chose to write this sentence to show how Sophie persevered through teaching herself how to do everything she needed to know. In the middle of the book, Sophie had to persevere when saying she is a “mathematician’’ because she would put herself in the middle of gossip. This sentence show the main idea-perseverance. “With Sophie’s secret discovered news of the girl prodigy rippled through Paris. Gossips couldn’t imagine a girl so smart until they met her themselves and soon Sophie’s calendar swelled with dinner parties.” Toward the end of the book, the author points out how Sophie is one of the people that solves “impossible” problems. These sentences show her perseverance. “Academy scholars called the problem impossible. Their heads spun just thinking about the many ways vibration might move an object.” Sophie persevered, overcoming gender inequality. The third reason Nothing Stopped Sophie should the Sibert Medal is because the back matter supports the book’s main idea-perseverance. Sophie had to persevere when she faked her name to get into the academy that only allows boys into it. This sentence shows her perseverance of gender inequality. “Most girls in Sophie’s time did not go to school and they were lucky if they received an education at home.” Another reason is Sophie spent a lot of years studying, she had to persevere through this. A sentence that proves her perseverance with years of studying is, “Sophie spent two years trying numbers in different combinations to write her equations.” Finally, “After six years, she had shaken the academy enough to shatter its resistance.” She won a grand prize from The Royal Academy of Sciences. The author decided to include this information to show Sophie had to persevere with studying for six years to win the grand prize. Cheryl Bardoe pounds her main idea that perseverance pays off and overcomes all obstacles in her back matter. Nothing Stopped Sophie written by Cheryl Bardoe and illustrated by Barbara McClintock should win the Sibert medal because the illustrations, main text, and back matter support the book’s main idea-perseverance.Have you ever studied more than five-to-six hours a day? Nope! Well Sophie did, she persevered through all her work. You should read Nothing Stopped Sophie to find out how Sophie persevered through all the challenges she faced.  Landforms and Water Forms, Opposites!
by: Z.B and A.B Do you know what the opposite of an archipelago is? You can find out by reading Water Land by Christy Hale. Water Land by Christy Hale should win the Sibert Medal because the illustrations, the map, and the back matter support the main idea- landforms intertwine with bodies of water. The first reason Water Land should win the Sibert Medal is because the illustrations support the book’s main idea- landforms intertwine with bodies of water. The first and second spread show the lake/island cut-out. Christy Hale displayed the lake and island cut-out to show that a lake is an island in reverse. So if there is an island there is water surrounding it. On the third and fourth spread there is a cut-out of the bay/cape scene. These spreads show that a bay is the opposite of a cape. A bay is water connecting to the ocean that cuts into the land, and a cape is land that cuts into the ocean. On the seventh and eighth spread it shows the system of lakes/archipelagos. This shows that a system of lakes is the opposite of an archipelago. A system of lakes is land with little lakes. An archipelago is a group of islands in oceans or lakes. Mrs. Hale’s illustrations highlight landforms intertwining with bodies of water. The second reason Water Land should win the Sibert Medal is because the map supports the main idea - landforms intertwine with bodies of water. At the end of the book, the map has beautiful yellow and blue colors. The colors show that the main idea of the book is - landforms intertwine with bodies of water because the blue water is surrounding the yellow land. In the back of the book where the map is there are labels. The system of lakes show that the main idea is - landforms intertwine with bodies of water because it shows that the system of lakes, the Great Lakes, is surrounded by North America. Another interesting label is the archipelago. The archipelago shows the main idea that landforms intertwine with bodies of water because the archipelago, a group of islands, is surrounded by water. Water Land should win the Sibert Medal because the map displays the main idea. The information in the back talks about how landforms intertwine with bodies of water because it tells the difference between water forms and landforms. The third reason Water Land should win the Sibert Medal is because the back matter supports the book’s main idea- landforms intertwine with bodies of water. In the back matter, it shows how a system of lakes is the opposite of an archipelago. This is true because a system of lakes is a group of lakes surrounded by land and an archipelago is a group of islands surrounded by water. In the back matter it tells you that a lake is the opposite of an island. This is true because a lake is a small body of water surrounded by land and an island is a chunk of land surrounded by water. The back matter also tells you about how a bay is the opposite of a cape.This is true because a bay is a body of water almost surrounded by land and a cape is a piece of land that extends into the water. Water Land by Christy Hale should win the Sibert Medal because the illustrations, the map, and the back matter support the main idea- landforms intertwine with bodies of water. Now you know that the opposite of archipelago is a system of lakes. |
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