2005 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 2005 Orbis Pictus winning books in Language Arts, Volume 83, Number 2, November, 2005.  (PDF)
2005 Printable Winner Sheet (PDF)
Winner
York's Adventures with Lewis and Clark:
An African-American's Part in the Great Expedition
by Rhoda Blumberg
(HarperCollins)
Honor Books
Actual Size
by Steve Jenkins
(Houghton Mifflin)
The Race to Save the Lord God Bird
by Phillip Hoose
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Secrets of the Sphinx
by James Cross Giblin
illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline
(Scholastic)
Seurat and La Grande Jatte:
Connecting the Dots
by Robert Burleigh
(Abrams Books for Young Readers)
The Voice That Challenged A Nation:
Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights
by Russell Freedman
(Clarion Books)
The Marian Anderson Historical Society
Recommended Titles
Albino Animals
by Kelly Milner Halls (Darby Creek Publishing)
A Dream of Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement from 1954-1968
by Diane McWhorter (Scholastic)
Bread Comes to Life: A Garden of Wheat and a Loaf to Eat
by George Levenson, illustrated by Shmuel Thaler (Tricycle Press)
Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy
by Andrea Warren (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
George vs. George: The American Revolution as Seen from Both Sides
by Rosalyn Schanzer (National Geographic)
Looking for Seabirds: Journal from an Alaskan Voyage
by Sophie Webb (Houghton Mifflin)
Roman Army: The Legendary Solders Who Created an Empire
by Dyan Blacklock, illustrated by David Kennett (Walker & Company)
With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote
by Ann Bausum (National Geographic)
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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