Orbis Pictus Award

The Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children, established in 1990 by the National Council of Teachers of English is an award for promoting and recognizing excellence in the writing of nonfiction for children. 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 for children. The award is presented each November. For more information visit: http://www.ncte.org/elem/awards/orbispictus
2012 Orbis Pictus Winner	Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade by Melissa Sweet
2011 Orbis Pictus Winner	Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring by Jan Greenberg
2010 Orbis Pictus Winner	The Secret World of Walter Anderson by Hester Bass
2009 Orbis Pictus Winner	Amelia Earhart: The Legend of the Lost Aviator by Shelley Tanaka
2008 Orbis Pictus Winner	M.L.K.: Journey of a King by Tonya Bolden
2007 Orbis Pictus Winner	Quest for the Tree Kangaroo by Sy Montgomery
2006 Orbis Pictus Winner	Children of the Great Depression by Russell Freedman
2005 Orbis Pictus Winner	York’s Adventures with Lewis and Clark: An African-American’s York’s Adventures with Lewis and Clark: An African-American’s by Rhoda Blumberg
2004 Orbis Pictus Winner	An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy
2003 Orbis Pictus Winner	When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson: The Voice of a Century by Pam Muñoz Ryan, illustrated by Brian Selznick
2002 Orbis Pictus Winner	Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845–1850 by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
2001 Orbis Pictus Winner	Hurry Freedom: African Americans in Gold Rush California by Jerry Stanley
2000 Orbis Pictus Winner	Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges and Margo Lundell
1999 Orbis Pictus Winner	Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance by Jennifer Armstrong
1998 Orbis Pictus Winner	An Extraordinary Life: The Story of a Monarch Butterfly by Laurence Pringle, Bob Marstall
1997 Orbis Pictus Winner	Leonardo da Vinci by Diane Stanley
1996 Orbis Pictus Winner	The Great Fire by Jim Murphy
1995 Orbis Pictus Winner	Safari Beneath the Sea: The Wonder of the North Pacific Coast by Diane Swanson
1994 Orbis Pictus Winner	Across America on an Emigrant Train by Jim Murphy
1993 Orbis Pictus Winner	Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp by Jerry Stanley
1992 Orbis Pictus Winner	Flight: The Journey of Charles Lindbergh by Robert Burleigh, Mike Wimmer
1991 Orbis Pictus Winner	Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Russell Freedman
1900 Orbis Pictus Winner	The Great Little Madison by Jean Fritz