Orbis Pictus Award
Introduction The '''Orbis Pictus Award''' for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children recognizes books which demonstrate excellence in the "writing of nonfiction for children." It is awarded annually by the National Council of Teachers of English to one American book published the previous year. Up to five titles may be designated as Honor Books.The award is named after the book considered to be the first picture book for children, ''Orbis Pictus'' (''The World in Pictures''), by John Amos Comenius, which was published in 1657.The award has recognized one book annually without exception since it was inaugurated in 1990.
Criteria * The book must be "nonfiction literature which has as its central purpose the sharing of information". Biographies are welcome, but not "textbooks, historical fiction, folklore, or poetry". * The book must have been published during the previous calendar year in the United States. * The book must meet the literary criteria of accuracy, organization, design and style. * Additionally, the book "should be useful in classroom teaching grades K-8, should encourage thinking and more reading, model exemplary expository writing and research skills, share interesting and timely subject matter, and appeal to a wide range of ages."
Recipients + Orbis Pictus Award winners Year Title Writer Illustrator  2023  ''Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky''  Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond  Daniel Minter  2022  ''Nina: A Story of Nina Simone''  Traci N. Todd  Christian Robinson  2021  ''Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball''  Jen Bryant  Frank Morrison  2020  ''A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech that Inspired a Nation''  Barry Wittenstein   Jerry Pinkney  2019 ''Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery''  Sandra Neil Wallace  Bryan Collier  2018  ''Grand Canyon'' Jason Chin Jason Chin  2017  ''Some Writer! : The Story of E.B. White'' Melissa Sweet Melissa Sweet  2016  ''Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans'' Don Brown  Don Brown  2015  ''The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia'' Candace Fleming    2014  ''A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin''  Jen Bryant  Melissa Sweet  2013  ''Monsieur Marceau: Actor without Words''  Leda Schubert  Gérard DuBois  2012  ''Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade''  Melissa Sweet   2011  ''Ballet for Martha: Making'' Appalachian Spring  Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan  Brian Floca 2010 ''The Secret World of Walter Anderson'' Hester Bass E. B. Lewis2009''Amelia Earhart: The Legend of the Lost Aviator'' Shelley Tanaka David Craig2008 ''M.L.K. : Journey of a King'' Tonya Bolden2007 ''Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea'' Sy MontgomeryNic Bishop (photos)2006 ''Children of the Great Depression'' Russell Freedman2005 ''York's Adventures with Lewis and Clark: An African-American's Part in the Great Expedition'' Rhoda Blumberg2004 ''An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793''Jim Murphy2003 ''When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson: The Voice of a Century''Pam Muñoz RyanBrian Selznick2002 ''Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850'' Susan Campbell Bartoletti 2001 ''Hurry Freedom: African Americans in Gold Rush California'' Jerry Stanley2000 ''Through My Eyes'' Ruby Bridges 1999 ''Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance''  Jennifer Armstrong1998 ''An Extraordinary Life: The Story of a Monarch Butterfly'' Laurence Pringle Bob Marstall 1997 ''Leonardo da Vinci'' Diane Stanley1996 ''The Great Fire'' Jim Murphy 1995 ''Safari Beneath the Sea: The Wonder World of the North Pacific Coast'' Diane Swanson 1994 ''Across America on an Emigrant Train'' Jim Murphy 1993 ''Children in the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp'' Jerry Stanley 1992 ''Flight: The Journey of Charles Lindbergh'' Robert Burleigh Mike Wimmer 1991 ''Franklin Delano Roosevelt'' Russell Freedman 1990 ''The Great Little Madison'' Jean Fritz=== Multiple awards===Two writers and no distinct illustrators have won the Orbis Pictus Award more than once. * Jim Murphy, 1994, 1996, and 2004* Russell Freedman, 1991 and 2006
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External links *  A New "Picture of the World": The NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children, ''Language Arts'' 68.6 (October 1991): 474–79*  ''The Best in Children's Nonfiction: Reading, Writing, & Teaching Orbis Pictus Award Books'' published by National Council of Teachers of English, 2001*  Official website