2008 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

M.L.K.: Journey of a King

by Tonya Bolden
(Abrams Books for Children)

Honor Books

Black and White Airmen: Their True History by John Fleischman (Houghton Mifflin)	Spiders by Nic Bishop (Scholastic)
Helen Keller: Her Life in Pictures by George Sullivan (Scholastic)	Muckrakers by Ann Bausum (National Geographic)
Venom by Marilyn Singer (Darby Creek Publishing)

Recommended Books

3-D ABC: A Sculptural Alphabet
by Bob Razcka  (Millbrook Press)

Animals in the House: A History of Pets and People
by Sheila Keenan  (Scholastic)

Clarabelle: Making Milk and So Much More
by Cris Peterson  (Boyds Mills Press)

Living Color
by Steve Jenkins  (Houghton Mifflin)

The Snow Baby: The Arctic Childhood of
Admiral Robert E. Peary’s Daring Daughter
by Katherine Kirkpatrick  (Holiday House)

Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion
by Loree Griffin Burns  (Houghton Mifflin)

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
by Peter Sis  (Farrar Straus Giroux)

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