2004 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 2004 Orbis Pictus winning books in Language Arts, Volume 82, Number 2, November, 2004.  (PDF)
2004 Printable Winner Sheet (PDF)
Winner
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying
Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
by Jim Murphy
(Clarion Books)
Honor Books
Empire State Building:
When New York Reached for the Skies
by Elizabeth Mann
illustrated by Alan Witschonke
(Mikaya Press)
In Defense of Liberty:
The Story of America's Bill of Rights
by Russell Freedman
(Holiday House)
Leonardo:
Beautiful Dreamer
by Robert Byrd
(Dutton Children's Books)
The Man Who Made Time Travel
by Kathryn Lasky
illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Shutting Out the Sky:
Life in the Tenements of New York, 1880-1924
by Deborah Hopkinson
(Orchard Books)
Recommended Titles
Capital
by Lynn Curlee (Atheneum)
The Darling Nellie Bly: America's Star Reporter
by Bonnie Christensen (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case
by Chris Crowe (Phyllis Fogelman Books)
Jack: The Early Years of John F. Kennedy
by Ilene Cooper (Dutton Children's Books)
The Library of Alexandria
by Kelly Trumble, illustrated by Robina MacIntyre Mars (Clarion Books)
The Shortest Day: Celebrating the Winter Solstice
by Wendy Pfeffer, illustrated by Jesse Reisch (Dutton Children's Books)
The White House: An Illustrated History
by Catherine O'Neill Grace (Scholastic)
The Wright Sister: Katharine Wright and Her Famous Brothers
by Richard Maurer (Millbrook Press)
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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