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Orbis Pictus Award

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Country
  
United States

First awarded
  
1990

Awarded for
  
Excellence in the writing of nonfiction for children

Presented by
  
National Council of Teachers of English

Official website
  
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." 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.

Contents

The 2013 Orbis Pictus Award, covering the 2012 publication year, was announced January 25, 2013:

  • Monsieur Marceau: Actor without Words, written by Leda Schubert and illustrated by Gérard DuBois (Roaring Brook Press).

    • Criteria

  • The book must be "nonfiction literature which has as its central purpose the sharing of information". Biographies are welcome, not "textbooks, historical fiction, folklore, or poetry".
  • 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.
  • 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

    The award has recognized one book annually without exception since it was inaugurated in 1990; twenty-four books through 2013.

    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

    • References

    Orbis Pictus Award Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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