1998 Orbis Pictus Award Winners
NCTE, through the Committee on the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children, annually promots and recognizes excellence in the writing of nonfiction for children by selecting an outstanding book, up to five honor books and a list of recommended books. 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. More . . .
Read the article about the 1998 Orbis Pictus winning books in Language Arts, Volume 76, Number 2, November, 1998.  (PDF)
Winner  An Extraordinary Life:
The Story of a Monarch Butterfly
by Laurence Pringle
Paintings by Bob Marstall
(Orchard Books)
An Extraordinary Life: The Story of A Monarch Butterfly
paintings © 1997 by Bob Marstall. Reprinted by permission of Orchard Books.
Read "Art Influencing Art: The Making of An Extraordinary Life" by Richard M. Kerper in Language Arts, September, 2002. (PDF)
Honor Books
 A Drop of Water:
A Book of Science and Wonder
by Walter Wick
(Scholastic)
A Tree Is Growing
by Arthur Dorros
illustrated by S.D. Schindler
(Scholastic)
Charles A. Lindbergh:
A Human Hero
James Cross Giblin
(Clarion)
Kennedy Assassinated!
The World Mourns:
A Reporter's Story
by Wilborn Hampton
(Candlewick)
Digger: The Tragic Fate
of the California Indians
from the Missions
to the Gold Rush
by Jerry Stanley
(Crown)
Recommended Titles
Animal Dads
by Sneed B. Collard III, illustrated by Steve Jenkins (Houghton)
The Brain: Our Nervous System
by Seymour Simon (Morrow)
Catching the Fire: Philip Simmons, Blacksmith
by Mary E. Lyons, photographs by Mannie Garcia (Houghton)
The Dead Sea Scrolls
by Ilene Cooper, illustrated by John Thompson (Morrow)
Dinosaur Ghosts: The Mystery of Coelophysis
by J. Lynett Gillette, illustrated by Douglas Henderson (Dial)
Fiery Vision: The Life and Death of John Brown
by Clinton Cox (Scholastic)
The Great Wall
by Elizabeth Mann, illustrated by Alan Witschonke (Mikaya)
A Log's Life
by Wendy Pfeffer, illustrated by Robin Bickman (Simon & Schuster)
Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story
by Ken Mochizuki, illustrated by Dom Lee, afterword by Hiroki Sugihara
(Lee & Low)
The Planet Hunters: The Search for Other Worlds
by Dennis Brindell Fraden (McElderry)
The Snake Book
by Mary Ling and Mary Atkinson
photographs by Frank Greenaway and David King (DK)
Leon's Story
by Leon Walter Tillage, collage art by Susan L. Roth (Farrar, Straus, Giroux)
Related Information:
Orbis Pictus Nonfiction Award Overview
2000-Present Orbis Pictus Award Winners (PDF)
1990-2000 Orbis Pictus Award Winners (PDF)
Orbis Pictus Seal Information
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