Charge
To select the recipient of the annual Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children and up to five honor books; to propose a session on nonfiction books for children and plan a session featuring the award winning author at NCTE's Annual Convention; and to promote the use of nonfiction children's books in the classroom.
2011 Orbis Pictus Awards Announced
The 2011 Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children has been awarded to Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, illustrated by Brian Floca (Roaring Brook Press).
Read more about the Orbis Pictus Award selection process and view the current list of award-winning books.
2011 Annual Report
Current Members
Current MembersCHAIR: Fran Wilson (2013)
(Madeira Elementary School, Cincinnati, OH)
Barbara Chatton (2012)
(University of Wyoming, Laramie)
Cyndi Giorgis (2014)
(University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
Jeffrey Kaplan (2011)
(University of Central Florida, Orlando)
Janice V. Kristo (2012)
(University of Maine, Orono)
Sue Christian Parsons (2014)
(Oklahoma State University, Stillwater)
Diana L. Porter (2011)
(Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond)
Deborah L. Thompson (2013)
The College of New Jersey, Ewing)
Lisa Morris-Wilkey (2013)
(Ironwood Elementary School, Casa Grande, AZ)
Executive Committee Liaison, Sandy Hayes
(Becker Middle School, MN)
NCTE Administrative Liaison, Linda Walters
Past Members