2006 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 . . .

Winner

Children of the Great Depression
by Russell Freedman
(Clarion Books)

Honor Books

Forbidden Schoolhouse: The True and Dramatic
Story of Prudence Crandall and Her Students
by Suzanne Jurmain
(Houghton Mifflin)

Genius:
A Photobiography of Albert Einstein
by Marfe Ferguson Delano
(National Geographic)

Hitler Youth:
Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
(Scholastic)

 


Mosquito Bite
by Alexandra Siy and Dennis Kunkel
(Charlesbridge Publishing)

Recommended Titles

Bodies from the Ash: Life and Death in Ancient Pompeii
by James M. Deem (Houghton Mifflin)

Built to Last: Building America’s Amazing Bridges,
Dams, Tunnels, and Skyscrapers
by George Sullivan (Scholastic)

Chameleon, Chameleon
by Joy Cowley and Nic Bishop (Scholastic)

Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX:
The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America
by Karen Blumenthal (Atheneum)

Maritcha: A Nineteenth Century American Girl
by Tonya Bolden (Harry N. Abrams)

Mummies: The Newest, Coolest, & Creepiest from Around the World
by Shelley Tanaka (Abrams Books for Young Readers)

Wild Dogs Past and Present
by Kelly Milner Halls (Darby Creek Publishing)

2000-Present Orbis Pictus Award Winners (PDF)

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