Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
2011: Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring by Jan Greenberg; ill. by Brian Floca (j792.84 Greenberg) |
Honor Books: Birmingham Sunday by Larry Dane Brimner (j323.4 Brimner) CANDY BOMBER: THE STORY OF THE BERLIN AIRLIFT'S "CHOCOLATE PILOT" by Michael O. Tunnell If Stones Could Speak: Unlocking the Secrets of Stonehenge by Mark Aronson (j936.2319 Aronson) Journey into the Deep: Discovering New Ocean Creatures by Rebecca L. Johnson (j591.92 Johnson) Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age by Cheryl Bardoe (j569.6 Bardoe) |
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2010: The Secret World of Walter Anderson by Hester Bass, ill. by E.B. Lewis (j759.13 Bass) |
Honor Books: Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone (j629.45 Stone) DARWIN: WITH GLIMPSES INTO HIS PRIVATE JOURNAL AND LETTERS by Alice B. McGinty The Frog Scientist by Pamela S. Turner (j597.8 Turner) How Many Baby Pandas? by Sandra Markle NOAH WEBSTER: WEAVER OF WORDS by Pegi Deitz Shea |
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2009: Amelia Earhart: The Legend of the Lost Aviator by Shelley Tanaka, ill. by David Craig (j921 Ea72t) |
Honor Books: George Washington Carver by Tonya Bolden (j921 C256bo) The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary by Candace Fleming (j921 L638fl) Washington at Valley Forge by Russell Freedman (j973.3341 Freedman) We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson (j796.357 Nelson) When the Wolves Returned: Restoring Nature's Balance in Yellowstone by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent, ill. by Dan and Cassie Hartman (j599.74442 Patent) |
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2008: M.L.K.: Journey of a King by Tonya Bolden (j921 K585bo) |
Honor Books: Black and White Airmen: Their True History by John Fleischman (j940.544 Fleischman) Nic Bishop Spiders by Nic Bishop (j595.44 Bishop) HELEN KELLER: HER LIFE IN PICTURES George Sullivan Muckrakers: How Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, and Lincoln Steffens Helped Expose Scandal, Inspire Reform, and Invent Investigative Journalism by Ann Bausum (j070.43 Basum) Venom by Marilyn Singer (j591.69 Singer) |
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2007: QUEST FOR THE TREE KANGAROO: AN EXPEDITION TO THE CLOUD FOREST OF NEW GUINEA by Sy Montgomery, photographs by Nic Bishop (j599.2 Montgomery) |
Honor Books: GREGOR MENDEL: THE FRIAR WHO GREW PEAS by Cheryl Bardoe, ill. by Joseph A. Smith FREEDOM WALKERS: THE STORY OF THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT by Russell Freedman JOHN MUIR: AMERICA'S FIRST ENVIRONMENTALIST by Kathryn Lasky, ill. by Stan Fellows (j921 M896la) SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING: MARIE CURIE AND RADIUM by Carla Killough McClafferty (j921 C919mc) TEAM MOON: HOW 400,000 PEOPLE LANDED APOLLO 11 ON THE MOON by Catherine Thimmesh (j629.454 Thimmesh) |
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2006: CHILDREN OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION by Russell Freedman (j973.917 Freedman) |
Honor Books: ER VETS: LIFE IN AN ANIMAL EMERGENCY ROOM by Donna Jackson (j636.089 Jackson) FORBIDDEN SCHOOLHOUSE: THE TRUE AND DRAMATIC STORY OF PRUDENCE CRANDALL AND HER STUDENTS by Suzanne Jurmain (j921 C8492j) GENIUS: A PHOTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALBERT EINSTEIN by Marfe Ferguson Delano (j921 Ei68de) HITLER YOUTH: GROWING UP IN HITLER'S SHADOW by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (j943.086 Bartoletti) MOSQUITO BITE by Alexandra Siy (j595.771 Siy) |
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2005: YORK'S ADVENTURES WITH LEWIS AND CLARK: AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN'S PART IN THE GREAT EXPEDITION by Rhonda Blumberg (j917.8 Blumberg) |
Honor Books: ACTUAL SIZE by Steve Jenkins (j591 Jenkins) THE RACE TO SAVE THE LORD GOD BIRD by Phillip Hoose (j598.72 Hoose) SECRETS OF THE SPHINX by James Cross Giblin (j932 Giblin) SEURAT AND LA GRANDE JATTE: CONNECTING THE DOTS by Robert Burleigh (j759.49 Burleigh) THE VOICE THAT CHALLENGED A NATION: MARIAN ANDERSON AND THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUAL RIGHTS by Russell Freedman (j784.092 Freedman) |
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2004: AN AMERICAN PLAGUE: THE TRUE AND TERRIFYING STORY OF THE YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC OF 1793 by Jim Murphy (j614.541 Murphy) |
Honor Books: EMPIRE STATE BUILDING: WHEN NEW YORK REACHED FOR THE SKIES by Elizabeth Mann IN DEFENSE OF LIBERTY: THE STORY OF AMERICA'S BILL OF RIGHTS by Russell Freedman (j342.73 Freedman) LEONARDO: BEAUTIFUL DREAMER by Robert Byrd (j759.59 Byrd) THE MAN WHO MADE TIME TRAVEL by Kathryn Lasky (j921 H246l) SHUTTING OUT THE SKY: LIFE IN THE TENEMENTS OF NEW YORK, 1880-1924 by Deborah Hopkinson (j325.73 Hopkinson) |
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2003: WHEN MARIAN SANG: THE TRUE RECITAL OF MARIAN ANDERSON: THE VOICE OF A CENTURY by Pam Munoz Ryan (j784.092 Ryan) |
Honor Books: TENEMENT: IMMIGRANT LIFE ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE by Raymond Bial (j325.73 Bial) PHINEAS GAGE: A GRUESOME BUT TRUE STORY ABOUT BRAIN SCIENCE by John Fleischman (j362.197481 Fleischman) CONFUCIUS: THE GOLDEN RULE by Russell Freedman (j299.512 Freedman) EMPEROR'S SILENT ARMY: TERRACOTTA WARRIORS OF ANCIENT CHINA by Jane O'Conner (j931 O'Conner) TO FLY: THE STORY OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS by Wendie C. Old (j921 W937o) |
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2002: BLACK POTATOES: THE STORY OF THE GREAT IRISH FAMINE, 1845-1850 by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (j940.5081 Bartoletti) |
Honor Books: THE DINOSAURS OF WATERHOUSE HAWKINS: AN ILLUMINATING HISTORY OF MR. WATERHOUSE HAWKINS, ARTIST AND LECTURER by Barbara Kerley (j560.9 Kerley) THE COD'S TALE by Mark Kurlansky (j639.2 Kurlansky) MARTIN'S BIG WORDS: THE LIFE OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. by Doreen Rappaport (j921 K585ra) |
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2001: HURRY FREEDOM: AFRICAN AMERICANS IN GOLD RUSH CALIFORNIA by Jerry Stanley (j979.4 Stanley) |
Honor Books: AMERICA'S CHAMPION SWIMMER: GERTRUDE EDERLE by David A. Adler (j797.21 Adler) WILD AND SWAMPY by Jim Arnosky (j574.5263 Arnosky) THE AMAZING LIFE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN by James Cross Giblin (j921 F854gi) OCEOLA: MEMORIES OF A SHARECROPPER'S DAUGHTER by Alan B. Govenar MICHELANGELO by Diane Stanley (j730.92 Stanley) |
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2000: THROUGH MY EYES by Ruby Bridges (j921 B764AAt) |
Honor Books: THE TOP OF THE WORLD: CLIMBING MOUNT EVEREST by Steve Jenkins (j796.522 Jenkins) MAPPING THE WORLD by Sylvia A. Johnson (j912 Johnson) THE SNAKE SCIENTIST by Sy Montgomery (j597.96 Montgomery) AT HER MAJESTY'S REQUEST: AN AFRICAN PRINCESS IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND by Walter Dean Myers (j921 B643m) CLARA SCHUMANN: PIANO VIRTUOSO by Susanna Reich (j780.92 Reich) |
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1999: SHIPWRECK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD: THE EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORY OF SHACKLETON AND THE ENDURANCE by Jennifer Armstrong (j919.8904 Armstrong) |
Honor Books: BLACK WHITENESS: ADMIRAL BYRD ALONE IN THE ANTARCTIC by Robert Burleigh (j919.89 Burleigh) FOSSIL FEUD: THE RIVALRY OF THE FIRST AMERICAN DINOSAUR HUNTERS by Thom Holmes HOTTEST, COLDEST, HIGHEST, DEEPEST by Steve Jenkins (j910 Jenkins) NO PRETTY PICTURES: A CHILD OF WAR by Anita Lobel (j940.5318 Lobel) |
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1998: AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE: THE STORY OF A MONARCH BUTTERFLY by Laurence Pringle (j595.789 Pringle) |
Honor Books: A TREE IS GROWING by Arthur Dorros (j582.16 Dorros) CHARLES A. LINDBERGH: A HUMAN HERO by James Cross Giblin (j921 L642gi) KENNEDY ASSASSINATED! THE WORLD MOURNS: A REPORTER'S STORY by Wilborn Hampton (j973.922 Hampton) DIGGER: THE TRAGIC FATE OF THE CALIFORNIA INDIANS FROM THE MISSIONS TO THE GOLD RUSH by Jerry Stanley A DROP OF WATER: A BOOK OF SCIENCE AND WONDER by Walter Wick (j546.22 Wick) |
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1997: LEONARDO DA VINCI by Diane Stanley (j759.59 Stanley) |
Honor Books: FULL STEAM AHEAD: THE RACE TO BUILD A TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD by Rhoda Blumberg (j385.0979 Blumberg) THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CRAZY HORSE by Russell Freedman (j970.2 C85f) ONE WORLD, MANY RELIGIONS: THE WAYS WE WORSHIP by Mary Pope Osborne (j291 Osborne) |
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1996: THE GREAT FIRE by Jim Murphy (j977.31 Murphy) |
Honor Books: DOLPHIN MAN: EXPLORING THE WORLD OF DOLPHINS by Laurence Pringle (j599.53 Pringle) ROSIE THE RIVETER: WOMEN WORKING ON THE HOME FRONT IN WORLD WAR II by Penny Colman (j331.4 Colman) |
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1995: SAFARI BENEATH THE SEA: THE WONDER WORLD OF THE NORTH PACIFIC COAST by Diane Swanson |
Honor Books: WILDLIFE RESCUE: THE WORK OF DR. KATHLEEN RAMSAY by Jennifer Owings Dewey (j639.95 Dewey) KIDS AT WORK: LEWIS HINE AND THE CRUSADE AGAINST CHILD LABOR by Russell Freedman (j331.3 Freedman) CHRISTMAS IN THE BIG HOUSE, CHRISTMAS IN THE QUARTERS by Patricia C. McKissack (Christmas j975.03 McKissack) |
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1994: ACROSS AMERICA ON AN EMIGRANT TRAIN by Jim Murphy (j385 Murphy) |
Honor Books: TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD: ADVENTURES WITH ARCTIC WOLVES by Jim Brandenburg (j599.74442 Brandenburg) MAKING SENSE: ANIMAL PERCEPTION AND COMMUNICATION by Bruce Brooks |
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1993: CHILDREN OF THE DUST BOWL: THE TRUE STORY OF THE SCHOOL AT WEEDPATCH CAMP by Jerry Stanley (j371.96 Stanley) |
Honor Books: TALKING TO ARTISTS by Pat Cummings (j741.642 Cummings) COME BACK, SALMON by Molly Cone (j363.7 Cone) |
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1992: FLIGHT: THE JOURNEY OF CHARLES LINDBERGH by Robert Burleigh (j629.13 Burleigh) |
Honor Books: NOW IS YOUR TIME! THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM by Walter Dean Myers (j973.04 Myers) PRAIRIE VISION: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SOLOMON BUTCHER by Pam Conrad (j921 B971c) |
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1991: FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT by Russell Freedman (j921 R6764f) |
Honor Books: SEEING EARTH FROM SPACE by Patricia Lauber (j525 Lauber) ARCTIC MEMORIES by Normee Ekoomiak (j970.3 Inuit) |
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1990: THE GREAT LITTLE MADISON by Jean Fritz (j921 M2655f) |
Honor Books:
THE GREAT AMERICAN GOLD RUSH by Rhoda Blumberg (j979.4 Blumberg) THE NEWS ABOUT DINOSAURS by Patricia Lauber (j567.91 Lauber) |
