1996 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 . . .
Winner
The Great Fire
by Jim Murphy
(Scholastic)
Honor Books
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Dolphin Man: Exploring the World of Dolphins
by Laurence Pringle
photos by Randall S. Wells
(Atheneum) |
Rosie the Riveter:
Women Working on the Home Front in World War II
by Penny Colman (Crown)
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Recommended Titles
Air: The Elements
by Ken Robbins (Henry Holt)
The Book of North American Owls
by Helen Roney Sattler, illustrated by Jean Day Zallinger (Clarion)
Everglades
by Jean Craighead George, paintings by Wendell Minor (HarperCollins)
Fire in the Forest: A Cycle of Growth and Renewal
by Laurence Pringle, paintings by Bob Marshall (Atheneum)
The Golden City: Jerusalem’s 3,000 Years
by Neil Waldman (Atheneum)
In Search of the Grand Canyon: Down the Colorado with John Wesley Powell
by Mary Ann Fraser (Holt)
Learning from the Dalai Lama: Secrets of the Wheel of Time
by Karen Pandell and Barry Bryan, photographs by John B. Taylor (Dutton)
The Life and Times of the Honeybee
by Charles Micucci (Ticknor & Fields)
Listen for the Bus: David’s Story
by Patricia McMahon, photos by John Godt (Boyds Mills)
The Magic of Mozart: Mozart, the Magic Flute, and the Salzburg Marionettes
by Ellen Switzer, photographs by Costas (Atheneum)
Raptor Rescue: An Eagle Flies Free
by Sylvia A. Johnson, photographs by Ron Winch (Dutton)
Summer Ice: Life Along the Antarctic Peninsula
by Bruce McMillan (Houghton Mifflin)
The Underground Railroad
by Raymond Bial (Houghton Mifflin)
Unraveling Fibers
by Patricia Keeler and Francis X. McCall Jr. (Atheneum)
When Plague Strikes: The Black Death, Smallpox, AIDS
by James Cross Giblin (HarperCollins)
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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