2002 Orbis Pictus Award Winners
NCTE, through the Committee on the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children, annually promotes 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 2002 Orbis Pictus winning books in Language Arts, Volume 80, Number 1, September, 2002.  (PDF)
See the ReadWriteThink.org lesson plan:
"How Big Are Martin's Big Words? Thinking Big about the Future"
2002 Printable Winner Sheet (PDF)
Winner  Black Potatoes: The Story of the
Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
(Houghton Mifflin)
Honor Books
The Cod's Tale
by Mark Kurlansky
illustrated by S.D. Schindler
(Penguin Putnam Books)
 The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins: An Illuminating History of Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins, Artist and Lecturer
by Barbara Kerley
illustrated by Brian Selznick
(Scholastic Press)
Martin's Big Words:
The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Doreen Rappaport
illustrated by Bryan Collier
(Hyperion Books for Children)
Recommended Titles
Animals In Flight
by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page (Houghton Mifflin)
B. Franklin, Printer
by David A. Adler (Holiday House Books)
Brooklyn Bridge
by Lynn Curlee (Atheneum)
Gandhi
by Demim (McElderry Books)
Hatshepsut: His Majesty, Herself
by Catherine M. Andronik
illustrated by Joseph Daniel Fiedler
(Atheneum)
Hidden Worlds: Looking Through a Scientist's Microscope
by Stephen P. Kramer, photos by Dennis Kunkel (Houghton Mifflin)
Leonardo's Horse
by Jean Fritz, illustrated by Hudson Talbott (Penguin Putnam Books)
Vincent van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist
by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan (Delacorte Books for Young Readers)
The Yellow House: Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin Side by Side
by Susan Goldman Rubin, illustrated by Joseph A. Smith (Harry N. Abrams, Inc.)
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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