- Orbis Pictus Award
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Orbis Pictus Award Awarded for excellence in the writing of nonfiction for children Presented by National Council of Teachers of English Country United States First awarded 1990 Official website http://www.ncte.org/awards/orbispictus The Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children recognizes books which demonstrate excellence in the “writing of nonfiction for children.”[1][2] It is awarded annually by the National Council of Teachers of English to one American book published the previous year.[3] 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.[4][5]
Contents
Criteria for award
- The book must be nonfiction of informational literature for children. Titles may include biographies, but exclude “textbooks, historical fiction, folklore, or poetry.” [2][6]
- The book must be published during the previous calendar year in the United States.
- The book must meet the literary criteria of accuracy, organization, design and style.[7]
- The book’s central purpose is the sharing of information.
- 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.” [8]
Orbis Pictus Award Recipients
Year Title Author Illustrator 2010 The Secret World of Walter Anderson Hester Bass E. B. Lewis 2009 Amelia Earhart: The Legend of the Lost Aviator[9][10] Shelley Tanaka David Craig 2008 M.L.K. Journey of a King Tonya Bolden 2007 Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea
Sy Montgomery Nic Bishop (photos) 2006 Children of the Great Depression[11] Russell Freedman 2005 York’s Adventures with Lewis and Clark: An African-American’s Part in the Great Expedition Rhoda Blumberg 2004 An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 Jim Murphy 2003 When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson: The Voice of a Century
Pam Munoz Ryan[12] Brian Selznick 2002 Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850 Susan Campbell Bartoletti 2001 Hurry Freedom: African Americans in Gold Rush California Jerry Stanley 2000 Through My Eyes Ruby Bridges 1999 Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance
Jennifer Armstrong 1998 An Extraordinary Life: The Story of a Monarch Butterfly Laurence Pringle Bob Marstall 1997 Leonardo da Vinci Diane Stanley[13] 1996 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 Recipients of multiple Orbis Pictus Awards
- Jim Murphy in 1994, 1996, and 2004.[14]
- Russell Freedman in 1991 and 2006.
See also
- Language Arts, v68 n6 p474-79 Oct 1991 A New "Picture of the World": The NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children.
- The Best in Children's Nonfiction: Reading, Writing, & Teaching Orbis Pictus Award Books. Published by National Council of Teachers of English, 2001
References
- ^ Cullinan, Bernice E and Diane Goetz Person. The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. New York: Continuum, 2001.
- ^ a b http://www.ncte.org/awards/orbispictus
- ^ Moss, Barbara. Exploring the Literature of Fact: Children's Nonfiction Trade Books in the Elementary Classroom: Solving Problems in the Teaching of Literacy. Guilford Publications, 2002.
- ^ http://www.rif.org/educators/books/awardwinning.mspx
- ^ Children’s Literature Association Quarterly. Vol 15, Number 4, Winter 1990, p 227. "Bulletin board."
- ^ Children’s Literature Association Quarterly. Vol 19, Number 2, Summer 1994, p 72-73. "Awards Prizes and Organizations."
- ^ Wilson, Sandip. “Getting Down to Facts in Children's Nonfiction Literature: A Case for the Importance of Sources.” Journal of Children's Literature, v32 n1 p56-63 Spring 2006.
- ^ Bamford, Rosemary and Janice V Kristo, editors. Making Facts Come Alive: Choosing Quality Nonfiction Literature K-8. Christopher-Gordon Publishers, 2003.
- ^ http://lookingglassreview.blogspot.com/2009/03/2009-ncte-orbis-pictus-award-for.html
- ^ Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Volume 62, Number 8, April 2009, pp. 343-345. "Children's Book Awards 2009."
- ^ Dawes, Erika Thulin. 2006 Children's Literature Award Winners: Classroom Response Guide. Boston : McGraw-Hill, 2006.
- ^ http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=1605 |
- ^ http://www.dianestanley.com/Books/Biographies/Biographies.htm
- ^ http://www.jimmurphybooks.com/about.htm
Categories:- United States children's literary awards
- Awards established in 1990
- Non-fiction literary awards
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