Last week, the National Council of Teachers of English held their annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia. At the Children's Luncheon on Saturday, they announced the winners of the Orbis Pictus Award.
The NCTE Orbis Pictus Award was established in 1989 for promoting and recognizing excellence in the writing of nonfiction for children. The name Orbis Pictus, commemorates the work of Johannes Amos Comenius, Orbis Pictus—The World in Pictures (1657), considered to be the first book actually planned for children.
Winner:
Some Writer!: The Story of E.B. White by Melissa Sweet (HMH Books for Young Readers)
Honor Books:
Animals by the Numbers: A Book of Animal Infographics by Steve Jenkins (HMH Books for Young Readers)
The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial by Susan E. Goodman; Illustrated by E.B. Lewis (Bloomsbury)
Giant Squid by Candace Fleming; Illustrated by Eric Rohmann (Roaring Brook Press)
I Dissent: Ruth Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy; Illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley (Simon & Schuster)
¡Olinguito, de la A a la Z!: Descubriendo el bosque nublado / Olinguito, from A to Z: Unveiling the Cloud Forest by Lulu Delacre (Children’s Book Press)
Recommended:
Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer by Diane Stanley, illustrated by Jessie Hartland (Simon & Schuster)
Ada’s Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay by Susan Hood, Sally Wern Comport (Simon & Schuster)
Comics Confidential: Thirteen Graphic Novelists Talk Story, Craft, and Life Outside the Box compiled and edited by Leonard Marcus (Candlewick Press)
Dive!: World War II Stories of Sailors & Submarines in the Pacific by Deborah Hopkinson (Scholastic)
How to Build a Museum: Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture by Tonya Bolden (Viking)
Miss Mary Reporting: The True Story of Sportswriter Mary Garber by Sue Macy, illustrated by C. F. Payne (Simon & Schuster)
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story by Caren Stelson (Carolrhoda)
Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness by Donna Janell Bowman, illustrated by Daniel Minter (Lee & Low Books)
Congratulations to the authors and illustrators who were honored for producing high quality nonfiction for children.
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