Orbis Pictus Award

The Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children recognizes books which demonstrate excellence in the "writing of nonfiction for children."Cullinan, Bernice E. and Diane Goetz Person. The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. New York: Continuum, 2001. It is awarded annually by the National Council of Teachers of English to one American book published the previous year.Moss, Barbara. Exploring the Literature of Fact: Children's Nonfiction Trade Books in the Elementary Classroom: Solving Problems in the Teaching of Literacy. Guilford Publications, 2002. Up to five titles may be designated as Honor Books. The award is named after the book considered to be the first picture book for children, Orbis Pictus (The World in Pictures), by John Amos Comenius, which was published in 1657."Bulletin board". Children's Literature Association Quarterly 15.4 (Winter 1990): 227. The award has recognized one book annually without exception since it was inaugurated in 1990.

Criteria The book must be "nonfiction literature which has as its central purpose the sharing of information". Biographies are welcome, but not "textbooks, historical fiction, folklore, or poetry"."Awards Prizes and Organizations". Children's Literature Association Quarterly 19.2 (Summer 1994): 72-73. The book must have been published during the previous calendar year in the United States. The book must meet the literary criteria of accuracy, organization, design and style.Wilson, Sandip. "Getting Down to Facts in Children's Nonfiction Literature: A Case for the Importance of Sources". Journal of Children's Literature 32.1 (Spring 2006): 56-63. Additionally, the book "should be useful in classroom teaching grades K-8, should encourage thinking and more reading, model exemplary expository writing and research skills, share interesting and timely subject matter, and appeal to a wide range of ages."Bamford, Rosemary and Janice V Kristo, editors. Making Facts Come Alive: Choosing Quality Nonfiction Literature K-8. Christopher-Gordon Publishers, 2003.

Recipients + Orbis Pictus Award winners Year Title Writer Illustrator 1990 The Great Little Madison Jean Fritz1991Franklin Delano RooseveltRussell Freedman1992Flight: The Journey of Charles LindberghRobert BurleighMike Wimmer1993Children in the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch CampJerry Stanley1994Across America on an Emigrant TrainJim Murphy1995Safari Beneath the Sea: The Wonder World of the North Pacific CoastDiane Swanson1996The Great FireJim Murphy1997Leonardo da VinciDiane Stanley 1998An Extraordinary Life: The Story of a Monarch ButterflyLaurence PringleBob Marstall1999Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance Jennifer Armstrong2000Through My EyesRuby Bridges2001Hurry Freedom: African Americans in Gold Rush CaliforniaJerry Stanley2002Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850Susan Campbell Bartoletti2003When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson: The Voice of a CenturyPam Muñoz RyanBrian Selznick 2004An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793Jim Murphy2005York's Adventures with Lewis and Clark: An African-American's Part in the Great ExpeditionRhoda Blumberg2006Children of the Great DepressionRussell FreedmanDawes, Erika Thulin. 2006 Children's Literature Award Winners: Classroom Response Guide. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2006.2007Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New GuineaSy MontgomeryNic Bishop (photos)2008M.L.K.: Journey of a KingTonya Bolden2009Amelia Earhart: The Legend of the Lost AviatorShelley TanakaDavid CraigBulletin of the Center for Children's Books 62.8 (April 2009): 343–45. "Children's Book Awards 2009."2010The Secret World of Walter AndersonHester BassE. B. Lewis2011Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian SpringJan Greenberg and Sandra JordanBrian Floca2012Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's ParadeMelissa Sweet2013Monsieur Marceau: Actor without WordsLeda SchubertGérard DuBois2014A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace PippinJen BryantMelissa Sweet2015The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial RussiaCandace Fleming2016Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New OrleansDon BrownDon Brown2017Some Writer!: The Story of E.B. WhiteMelissa SweetMelissa Sweet2018Grand CanyonJason ChinJason Chin2019Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art GallerySandra Neil WallaceBryan Collier2020A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech that Inspired a NationBarry WittensteinJerry Pinkney2021Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed BasketballJen BryantFrank Morrison2022Nina: A Story of Nina SimoneTraci N. ToddChristian Robinson2023Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the SkyNana Ekua Brew-HammondDaniel Minter

Multiple awards Five writers have won the Orbis Pictus Award more than once. Jim Murphy, 1994, 1996, and 2004 Melissa Sweet, 2012, 2014 and 2017 Russell Freedman, 1991 and 2006 Jerry Stanley, 1993 and 2001 Jen Bryant, 2014 and 2021

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