1995 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 . . .

 

Safari Beneath the Sea: The Wonder World of the North Pacific Coast
by Diane Swanson
(Sierra Club Books)

Honor Books

Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters
by Patricia C. McKissack and Frederick L. McKissack (Scholastic)

 

Kids at Work:
Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor
by Russell Freedman
(Clarion Books)

 

Wildlife Rescue: The Work of Dr. Kathleen Ramsay
by Jennifer Owings Dewey
(Boyds Mills Press)

Recommended Titles

Ancient Ones: The World of the Old-Growth Douglas Fir
by Barbara Bash (Sierra Club Books)

Animals Who Have Won Our Hearts
by Jean Craighead George, illustrated by Christine Herman Merrill (HarperCollins)

Cheap Raw Material: How Our Youngest Workers Are Exploited and Abused
by Milton Meltzer (Viking)

Cleopatra
by Diane Stanley and Peter Vennema (Morrow)

Fur, Feathers, and Flippers: How Animals Live Where They Do
by Patricia Lauber (Scholastic)

I Am an American: A True Story of Japanese Internment
by Jerry Stanley (Crown)

Jazz: My Music, My People
by Morgan Monceaux (Knopf)

Lives of the Writers: Comedies, Tragedies (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt (Harcourt Brace)

Rosie, a Visiting Dog’s Story
by Stephanie Calmenson, photographs by Justin Sutcliffe (Clarion Books)

Science to the Rescue
by Sandra Markle (Atheneum)

Squish! A Wetland Walk
by Nancy Luenn, illustrated by Ronald Himler (Atheneum)

Take a Look, an Introduction to the Experience of Art
by Rosemary Davidson (Viking)

Unconditional Surrender: U.S. Grant and the Civil War
by Albert Marrin (Atheneum)

Vanilla, Chocolate & Strawberry: The Story of your Favorite Flavors
by Donnie Busenberg (Lerner Publications)

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