Orbis Pictus Award

Given by National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

518 Works / 523 Items 145,087 Books 9,487 Reviews 4.2
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 show more 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 show less
Stages:
All, Winner (36), Honor (150), Recommended Title (338)
Categories:
Years:
All, 2024 (14), 2023 (14), 2022 (14), 2021 (14), 2020 (14), 2019 (14), 2018 (15), 2017 (14), 2016 (14), 2015 (14), 2014 (14), 2013 (14), 2012 (14), 2011 (14), 2010 (14), 2009 (14), 2008 (13), 2007 (14), 2006 (14), 2005 (14), 2004 (13), 2003 (14), 2002 (13), 2001 (20), 2000 (20), 1999 (20), 1998 (18), 1997 (19), 1996 (18), 1995 (18), 1994 (14), 1993 (14), 1992 (17), 1991 (19), 1990 (3)
Announced:
November 2023: Winner2023 Recent
November 2023: Recommended Title2023 Recent
November 2023: Honor2023 Recent

Winner 36

WorkYear
Border Crossings by Sneed B. Collard III2024
Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond2023
Nina: A Story of Nina Simone by Traci N. Todd2022
Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball by Jen Bryant2021
A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation by Barry Wittenstein2020
Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery by Sandra Neil Wallace2019
Grand Canyon by Jason Chin2018
Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White by Melissa Sweet2017
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans by Don Brown2016
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming2015
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin by Jen Bryant2014
Monsieur Marceau: Actor Without Words by Leda Schubert2013
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade by Melissa Sweet2012
Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring by Jan Greenberg2011
The Secret World of Walter Anderson by Hester Bass2010
Amelia Earhart: The Legend of the Lost Aviator by Shelley Tanaka2009
M.L.K. Journey of a King by Tonya Bolden2008
Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea by Sy Montgomery2007
Children of the Great Depression by Russell Freedman2006
York's Adventures with Lewis and Clark: An African-American's Part in the Great Expedition by Rhoda Blumberg2005
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy2004
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson by Pam Muñoz Ryan2003
Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850 by Susan Campbell Bartoletti2002
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley2002
Hurry Freedom by Jerry Stanley2001
Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges2000
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance by Jennifer Armstrong1999
An Extraordinary Life: The Story of a Monarch Butterfly by Laurence Pringle1998
Leonardo da Vinci (Time-Traveling Twins) by Diane Stanley1997
The Great Fire by Jim Murphy1996
Safari Beneath the Sea: The Wonder World of the North Pacific Coast by Diane Swanson1995
Across America on an Emigrant Train by Jim Murphy1994
Children of the Dust Bowl by Jerry Stanley1993
Flight: The Journey of Charles Lindbergh by Robert Burleigh1992
Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Russell Freedman1991
The Great Little Madison by Jean Fritz1990

Honor 150

WorkYear
Ketanji Brown Jackson: A Justice for All by Tami Charles2024
Indigenous Ingenuity: A Celebration of Traditional North American Knowledge by Deidre Havrelock2024
The Fire of Stars: The Life and Brilliance of the Woman Who Discovered What Stars Are Made Of by Kirsten W Larson2024
Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day by Dan Nott2024
Game of Freedom: Mestre Bimba and the Art of Capoeira by Duncan Tonatiuh2024
Hardcourt Comeback by Fred Bowen2023
Fighting for YES!: The Story of Disability Rights Activist Judith Heumann by Maryann Cocca-Leffler2023
Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Angela Joy2023
Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration by Elizabeth Partridge2023
The Science of Light: Things that Shine, Flash, and Glow by Margaret Peot2023
Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter by Veronica Chambers2022
Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers by Juliet Menéndez2022
Unbound: The Life and Art of Judith Scott (KNOPF BOOKS FOR) by Joyce Scott2022
Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown by Steve Sheinkin2022
Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer by Traci Sorell2022
If You Take Away the Otter by Susannah Buhrman-Deever2021
Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box by Evette Dionne2021
Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera by Candace Fleming2021
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat2021
The Teachers March!: How Selma's Teachers Changed History by Sandra Neil Wallace2021
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré by Anika Aldamuy Denise2020
The Poison Eaters: Fighting Danger and Fraud in our Food and Drugs by Gail Jarrow2020
1919 The Year That Changed America by Martin W. Sandler2020
Manhattan: Mapping the Story of an Island by Jennifer Thermes2020
Soldier for Equality: José de la Luz Sáenz and the Great War by Duncan Tonatiuh2020
Thirty Minutes Over Oregon: A Japanese Pilot's World War II Story by Marc Tyler Nobleman2019
The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art by Barb Rosenstock2019
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell2019
Pass Go and Collect $200: The Real Story of How Monopoly Was Invented by Tanya Lee Stone2019
Champion: The Comeback Tale of the American Chestnut Tree by Sally M. Walker2019
Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion by Chris Barton2018
Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers2018
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix (Food Heroes) by Jacqueline Briggs Martin2018
The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art by Barb Rosenstock2018
The Quilts of Gee's Bend by Susan Goldman Rubin2018
The World Is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid by Jeanette Winter2018
Olinguito, de La A a la Z!/Olinguito, from A to Z! by Lulu Delacre2017
Giant Squid by Candace Fleming2017
The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial by Susan E. Goodman2017
Animals by the Numbers: A Book of Animal Infographics by Steve Jenkins2017
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy2017
Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America by Susan Campbell Bartoletti2016
Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France by Mara Rockliff2016
Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova by Laurel Snyder2016
Growing Up Pedro: How the Martinez Brothers Made It from the Dominican Republic All the Way to the Major Leagues by Matt Tavares2016
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras by Duncan Tonatiuh2016
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus by Jen Bryant2015
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel by Kathryn Gibbs Davis2015
A Home for Mr. Emerson by Barbara Kerley2015
Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos by Stephanie Roth Sisson2015
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh2015
Locomotive by Brian Floca2014
The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos by Deborah Heiligman2014
Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 by Michelle Markel2014
Parrots Over Puerto Rico by Susan L. Roth2014
Courage Has No Color, The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America's First Black Paratroopers by Tanya Lee Stone2014
Citizen Scientists: Be a Part of Scientific Discovery from Your Own Backyard by Loree Griffin Burns2013
Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by Robert Byrd2013
Those Rebels, John and Tom by Barbara Kerley2013
We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March by Cynthia Levinson2013
The Mighty Mars Rovers: The Incredible Adventures of Spirit and Opportunity by Elizabeth Rusch2013
Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People by Monica Brown2012
Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart by Candace Fleming2012
Father Abraham: Lincoln and His Sons by Harold Holzer2012
The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families by Susan L. Roth2012
Terezin: Voices from the Holocaust by Ruth Thomson2012
If Stones Could Speak: Unlocking the Secrets of Stonehenge by Marc Aronson2011
Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age (Orbis Pictus Honor for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children (Awards)) by Cheryl Bardoe2011
Birmingham Sunday by Larry Dane Brimner2011
Journey into the Deep: Discovering New Ocean Creatures (Junior Library Guild Selection) by Rebecca L. Johnson2011
Candy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlift's "Chocolate Pilot" by Michael O. Tunnell2011
How Many Baby Pandas? by Sandra Markle2010
Darwin by Alice B. McGinty2010
Noah Webster: Weaver of Words by Pegi Deitz Shea2010
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone2010
The Frog Scientist by Pamela S. Turner2010
George Washington Carver by Tonya Bolden2009
The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary by Candace Fleming2009
Washington at Valley Forge by Russell Freedman2009
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson2009
When the Wolves Returned: Restoring Nature's Balance in Yellowstone by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent2009
Muckrakers: How Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, and Lincoln Steffens Helped Expose Scandal, Inspire Reform, and Invent Investigative Journalism by Ann Bausum2008
Spiders by Nic Bishop2008
Black and White Airmen: Their True History by John Fleischman2008
Venom by Marilyn Singer2008
Helen Keller: Her Life in Pictures by George Sullivan2008
Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas by Cheryl Bardoe2007
Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Russell Freedman2007
John Muir: America's First Environmentalist by Kathryn Lasky2007
Something Out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium by Carla Killough McClafferty2007
Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon by Catherine Thimmesh2007
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti2006
Genius: A Photobiography of Albert Einstein by Marfé Ferguson Delano2006
ER Vets: Life in an Animal Emergency Room by Donna M. Jackson2006
The Forbidden Schoolhouse: The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and Her Students by Suzanne Jurmain2006
Mosquito Bite by Alexandra Siy2006
Seurat and La Grande Jatte: Connecting the Dots by Robert Burleigh2005
The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights by Russell Freedman2005
Secrets of The Sphinx by James Cross Giblin2005
The Race to Save the Lord God Bird by Phillip M. Hoose2005
Actual Size by Steve Jenkins2005
Leonardo, Beautiful Dreamer by Robert Byrd2004
In Defense of Liberty: The Story of America's Bill of Rights by Russell Freedman2004
Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York, 1880-1924 by Deborah Hopkinson2004
The Man Who Made Time Travel by Kathryn Lasky2004
Tenement: Immigrant Life on the Lower East Side by Raymond Bial2003
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science by John Fleischman2003
Confucius : The Golden Rule by Russell Freedman2003
The Emperor's Silent Army: Terracotta Warriors of Ancient China by Jane O'Connor2003
To Fly: The Story of the Wright Brothers by Wendie C. Old2003
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley2002
The Cod's Tale by Mark Kurlansky2002
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Doreen Rappaport2002
America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle by David A. Adler2001
Wild and Swampy by Jim Arnosky2001
The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin by James Cross Giblin2001
Osceola: Memories of a Sharecropper's Daughter by Alan Govenar2001
Michelangelo by Diane Stanley2001
The Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest by Steve Jenkins2000
Mapping the World by Sylvia A. Johnson2000
The Snake Scientist by Sy Montgomery2000
At Her Majesty's Request: An African Princess In Victorian England by Walter Dean Myers2000
Clara Schumann: Piano Virtuoso by Susanna Reich2000
Black Whiteness: Admiral Byrd Alone in the Antarctic by Robert Burleigh1999
Fossil Feud: The Rivalry of the First American Dinosaur Hunters by Thom Holmes1999
Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest by Steve Jenkins1999
No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War by Anita Lobel1999
A Tree Is Growing by Arthur Dorros1998
Charles A. Lindbergh: A Human Hero by James Cross Giblin1998
Kennedy Assassinated! The World Mourns: A Reporter's Story by Wilborn Hampton1998
Digger: The Tragic Fate of the California Indians from the Missions to the Gold Rush by Jerry Stanley1998
A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder by Walter Wick1998
Full Steam Ahead: The Race to Build a Transcontinental Railroad by Rhoda Blumberg1997
The Life and Death of Crazy Horse by Russell Freedman1997
One World, Many Religions: The Ways We Worship by Mary Pope Osborne1997
Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Home Front in World War II by Penny Colman1996
Dolphin Man: Exploring the World of Dolphins by Laurence Pringle1996
Wildlife Rescue: The Work of Dr. Kathleen Ramsay by Jennifer Dewey1995
Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor by Russell Freedman1995
Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters by Patricia C. Mckissack1995
To the Top of the World: Adventures with Arctic Wolves by Jim Brandenburg1994
Making Sense: Animal Perception and Communication (Knowing Nature) by Bruce Brooks1994
Come Back, Salmon: How a Group of Dedicated Kids Adopted Pigeon Creek and Brought it Back to Life by Molly Cone1993
Talking With Artists: Volume 1 by Pat Cummings1993
Prairie Visions: The Life and Times of Solomon Butcher by Pam Conrad1992
Now is Your Time! : The African-American Struggle for Freedom by Walter Dean Myers1992
Arctic Memories by Normee Ekoomiak1991
Seeing Earth From Space by Patricia Lauber1991
The Great American Gold Rush by Rhoda Blumberg1990
The News About Dinosaurs by Patricia Lauber1990

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Dive! World War II Stories of Sailors & Submarines in the Pacific: The Incredible Story of U.S. Submarines in WWII by Deborah Hopkinson2017
Miss Mary Reporting: The True Story of Sportswriter Mary Garber by Sue Macy2017
Comics Confidential: Thirteen Graphic Novelists Talk Story, Craft, and Life Outside the Box by Leonard S. Marcus2017
Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer by Diane Stanley2017
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story by Caren Stelson2017
Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews2016
My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle's Journey to Alvin Ailey by Lesa Cline-Ransome2016
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Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship by Russell Freedman2013
The Amazing Harry Kellar: Great American Magician by Gail Jarrow2013
The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs: A Scientific Mystery by Sandra Markle2013
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Me . . . Jane by Patrick McDonnell2012
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Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave by Laban Carrick Hill2011
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The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth by Kathleen Krull2010
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Eleanor, Quiet No More by Doreen Rappaport2010
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A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams by Jen Bryant2009
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Through the Gates and Beyond by Jan Greenberg2009
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Sisters and Brothers: Sibling Relationships in the Animal World by Robin Page2009
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Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion by Loree Griffin Burns2008
Living Color by Steve Jenkins2008
Animals in the House: A History of Pets and People by Sheila Keenan2008
The Snow Baby: The Arctic Childhood of Robert E. Peary's Daring Daughter by Katherine Kirkpatrick2008
Clarabelle: Making Milk and So Much More by Cris Peterson2008
3-D ABC: A Sculptural Alphabet (Bob Raczka's Art Adventures) by Bob Raczka2008
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sís2008
An Egg is Quiet by Dianna Hutts Aston2007
Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement by Ann Bausum2007
Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff2007
Construction Zone by Cheryl Willis Hudson2007
Onward: A Photobiography of African-American Polar Explorer Matthew Henson by Dolores Johnson2007
Rescues! by Sandra Markle2007
Saving The Buffalo by Albert Marrin2007
The Cat with the Yellow Star: Coming of Age in Terezin by Susan Goldman Rubin2007
Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America by Karen Blumenthal2006
Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl by Tonya Bolden2006
Chameleon, Chameleon by Joy Cowley2006
Bodies From the Ash: Life and Death in Ancient Pompeii by James M. Deem2006
Wild Dogs: Past & Present by Kelly Milner Halls2006
Built To Last by George Sullivan2006
Mummies: The Newest, Coolest, and Creepiest from Around the World by Shelley Tanaka2006
Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley by Sally M. Walker2006
With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote by Ann Bausum2005
The Roman Army: The Legendary Soldiers Who Created an Empire by Dyan Blacklock2005
Albino Animals by Kelly Milner Halls2005
Bread Comes to Life: A Garden of Wheat and a Loaf to Eat by George Levenson2005
A Dream of Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to 1968 by Diane McWhorter2005
George vs. George: The American Revolution As Seen from Both Sides by Rosalyn Schanzer2005
Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy by Andrea Warren2005
Looking for Seabirds: Journal from an Alaskan Voyage (Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12) by Sophie Webb2005
The Daring Nellie Bly: America's Star Reporter by Bonnie Christensen2004
Jack: The Early Years of John F. Kennedy by Ilene Cooper2004
Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case by Chris Crowe2004
Capital by Lynn Curlee2004
The White House: An Illustrated History by Catherine O. Grace2004
The Wright Sister: Katharine Wright and Her Famous Brothers by Richard Maurer2004
The Shortest Day: Celebrating the Winter Solstice by Wendy Pfeffer2004
The Library of Alexandria by Kelly Trumble2004
The Young Adventurer's Guide to Everest: From Avalanche to Zopkio by Jonathan Chester2003
Under the Ice: A Marine Biologist at Work by Kathy Conlan2003
The Signers: The 56 Stories Behind the Declaration of Independence by Dennis Brindell Fradin2003
Ansel Adams: America's Photographer by Beverly Gherman2003
Life on Earth: The Story of Evolution by Steve Jenkins2003
The Great Serum Race: Blazing the Iditarod Trail by Debbie S. Miller2003
This Our Dark Country: The American Settlers of Liberia by Catherine Reef2003
Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam by Diane Stanley2003
B. Franklin, Printer by David A. Adler2002
Hatshepsut, His Majesty, Herself by Catherine M. Andronik2002
Brooklyn Bridge by Lynn Curlee2002
Gandhi by Demi2002
Leonardo's Horse by Jean Fritz2002
Vincent Van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist by Jan Greenberg2002
Hidden Worlds: Looking Through a Scientist's Microscope by Stephen Kramer2002
Animals in Flight by Robin Page2002
The Yellow House: Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gaugin Side by Side by Susan Goldman Rubin2002
Dragon Bones and Dinosaur Eggs: A Photobiography of Explorer Roy Chapman Andrews by Ann Bausum2001
A Handful of Dirt by Raymond Bial2001
You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer by Shana Corey2001
Liberty by Lynn Curlee2001
Voices of the Alamo by Sherry Garland2001
Norman Rockwell: Storyteller With A Brush by Beverly Gherman2001
Nazi Germany : the face of tyranny by Ted Gottfried2001
Asteroid Impact by Douglas Henderson2001
Darkness Over Denmark: The Danish Resistance and the Rescue of the Jews by Ellen Levine2001
Author Talk: Conversations With Judy Blume, Bruce Brooks, Karen Cushman, Russell Freedman, Lee Bennett Hopkins, James Howe, Johanna Hurwitz, E.l. Konigsburg, Lois Lowry, Ann M. Martin,and others by Leonard S. Marcus2001
Pick-and-Shovel Poet: The Journeys of Pascal D'Angelo by Jim Murphy2001
Frank O. Gehry Outside In by DK2001
Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth by Anne Rockwell2001
Feathered Dinosaurs by Christopher Sloan2001
William Shakespeare & the Globe by Aliki2000
Kids On Strike! by Susan Campbell Bartoletti2000
Fire in Their Eyes: Wildfires and the People Who Fight Them by Karen Magnuson Beil2000
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The Mystery of the Hieroglyphs by Carol Donoughue2000
Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Making of a Champion by Russell Freedman2000
In Search of the Spirit: The Living National Treasures of Japan by Sheila Hamanaka2000
Bound for America: The Forced Migration of Africans to the New World by James Haskins2000
Building the Book Cathedral by David Macaulay2000
A Child's Book of Art: Great Pictures - First Words by Lucy Micklethwait2000
A Nest of Dinosaurs: The Story of Oviraptor by Mark A. Norell2000
Einstein: Visionary Scientist by John B. Severance2000
About Reptiles: A Guide for Children by Cathryn Sill2000
Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina by Maria Tallchief2000
Safari by Robert Bateman1999
What's the Deal?: Jefferson, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase by Rhoda Blumberg1999
Samuel Adams: The Father of American Independence by Dennis Brindell Fradin1999
Martha Graham: A Dancer's Life by Russell Freedman1999
Looking Back: A Book of Memories by Lois Lowry1999
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin1999
Light Shining Through the Mist: A Photobiography of Dian Fossey by Tom Mathews1999
Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange by Elizabeth Partridge1999
Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra by Andrea Pinkney1999
Discovering The Inca Ice Maiden by Johan Reinhard1999
On the Home Front: Growing Up in Wartime England by Ann Stalcup1999
Joan of Arc by Diane Stanley1999
Frontier Merchants: Lionel & Barron Jacobs and the Jewish Pioneers Who Settled the West by Jerry Stanley1999
Behind the Mask: The Life of Queen Elizabeth I by Jane Resh Thomas1999
Pioneer Girl: Growing Up on the Prairie by Andrea Warren1999
The Dead Sea Scrolls by Ilene Cooper1998
Fiery Vision: The Life and Death of John Brown by Clinton Cox1998
The Planet Hunters: The Search for Other Worlds by Dennis Brindell Fradin1998
Dinosaur Ghosts: Mystery of the Coelophysis by J. Lynett Gillette1998
Animal Dads by Sneed B. Collard III1998
Catching the Fire: Philip Simmons, Blacksmith by Mary E. Lyons1998
The Great Wall: The Story of 4,000 Miles of Earth and Stone that Turned a Nation into a Fortress by Elizabeth Mann1998
Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story by Ken Mochizuki1998
A Log's Life by Wendy Pfeffer1998
The Snake Book by DK1998
The Brain: Our Nervous System by Seymour Simon1998
Leon's Story by Leon Walter Tillage1998
Growing Up in Coal Country by Susan Campbell BartolettiOutstanding Nonfiction for Children1997
Nearer Nature by Jim Arnosky1997
A Strange and Distant Shore: Indians of the Great Plains in Exile by Brent Ashabranner1997
Growing Up in Coal Country by Susan Campbell Bartoletti1997
With Needle and Thread: A Book About Quilts by Raymond Bial1997
Dia's Story Cloth by Dia Cha1997
Mandela: From the Life of the South African Statesman by Floyd Cooper1997
The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life by Sid Fleischman1997
We Have Conquered Pain: The Discovery of Anesthesia by Dennis Brindell Fradin1997
Who Were the Founding Fathers?: Two Hundred Years of Reinventing American History by Steven H. Jaffe1997
Hurricanes: Earth's Mightiest Storms by Patricia Lauber1997
Free to Dream: The Making of a Poet, Langston Hughes by Audrey Osofsky1997
John Steinbeck by Catherine Reef1997
Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei by Peter Sís1997
A Desert Scrapbook: Dawn to Dusk in the Sonoran Desert by Virginia Wright-Frierson1997
The Underground Railroad by Raymond Bial1996
In Search of the Grand Canyon: Down the Colorado with John Wesley Powell by Mary Ann Fraser1996
Everglades by Jean Craighead George1996
When Plague Strikes by James Cross Giblin1996
Raptor Rescue!: An Eagle Flies Free by Sylvia Johnson1996
Unraveling Fibers by Patricia A. Keeler1996
Listen for the Bus by Patricia McMahon1996
Summer Ice: Life Along the Antarctic Peninsula by Bruce McMillan1996
The Life and Times of the Honeybee by Charles Micucci1996
Learning from the Dalai Lama: Secrets From the Wheel of Time by Karen Pandell1996
Fire in the Forest: A Cycle of Growth and Renewal by Laurence Pringle1996
Air (The Elements) by Ken Robbins1996
The Book of North American Owls by Helen Roney Sattler1996
The Magic of Mozart: Mozart, the Magic Flute, and the Salzburg Marionettes : A Jean Karl Book by Ellen Eichenwald Switzer1996
The Golden City: Jerusalem's 3,000 Years by Neil Waldman1996
Ancient Ones: The World of the Old-Growth Douglas Fir by Barbara Bash1995
Vanilla, Chocolate, & Strawberry: The Story of Your Favorite Flavors (Discovery! (Sagebrush)) by Bonnie Busenberg1995
Rosie: A Visiting Dog's Story by Stephanie Calmenson1995
Take a Look: An Introduction to the Experience of Art by Rosemary Davidson1995
Animals Who Have Won Our Hearts by Jean Craighead George1995
Lives of the Writers: Comedies, Tragedies (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull1995
Fur, Feathers, and Flippers (How Animals Live Where They Do) by Patricia Lauber1995
Squish!: A Wetland Walk by Nancy Luenn1995
Science to the Rescue by Sandra Markle1995
Unconditional Surrender: U. S. Grant and the Civil War by Albert Marrin1995
Cheap Raw Material: How Our Youngest Workers Are Exploited and Abused by Milton Meltzer1995
Jazz: My Music, My People by Morgan Monceaux1995
Cleopatra by Diane Stanley1995
I Am an American: A True Story of Japanese Internment by Jerry Stanley1995
Shadows of the Night: The Hidden World of the Little Brown Bat by Barbara Bash1994
Whaling Days by Carol Carrick1994
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery by Russell Freedman1994
Be Seated: A Book About Chairs by James Cross Giblin1994
Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom by Virginia Hamilton1994
The Way West: Journal of a Pioneer Woman, by Amelia Stewart Knight1994
The Great Migration: An American Story by Jacob Lawrence1994
Lincoln in His Own Words by Milton Meltzer1994
Seven Candles for Kwanzaa by Andrea Davis Pinkney1994
Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary - A Photographic Remembrance by Ruud van der Rol1994
Behind the Secret Window by Nelly S. Toll1994
Wings Along the Waterway by Mary Barrett Brown1993
An Indian Winter by Russell Freedman1993
The Great St. Lawrence Seaway by Gail Gibbons1993
A Twilight Struggle: The Life of John Fitzgerald Kennedy by Barbara Harrison1993
The Tainos by Francine Jacobs1993
Hopscotch Around the World by Mary D. Lankford1993
Surtsey: The Newest Place On Earth by Kathryn Lasky1993
The Amazing Potato: A Story in Which the Incas, Conquistadors, Marie Antoinette, Thomas Jefferson, Wars, Famines, Immigrants, and French Fries All Play a Part by Milton Meltzer1993
The Long Road to Gettysburg by Jim Murphy1993
Antarctica: The Last Unspoiled Continent by Laurence P. Pringle1993
Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare by Diane Stanley1993
Voyager to the Planets by Necia H. Apfel1992
The Remarkable Voyages of Captain Cook by Rhoda Blumberg1992
The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane by Russell Freedman1992
Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt! by Jean Fritz1992
Dawn to dusk in the Galápagos : flightless birds, swimming lizards, and other fascinating creatures by Rita Gelman1992
Pueblo Storyteller (HBJ Treasury of Literature) by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith1992
The Painter's Eye by Sandra Jordan1992
Pueblo Boy: Growing Up in Two Worlds by Marcia Keegan1992
Summer of Fire by Patricia Lauber1992
Batman: Exploring the World of Bats by Laurence P. Pringle1992
Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds by Cynthia Rylant1992
Earthquakes by Seymour Simon1992
N.C. Wyeth's Pilgrims by Robert D. San Souci1992
A Young Painter: The Life and Paintings of Wang Yani-- China's Extraordinary Young Artist by Zheng Zhensun1992
Mom Can't See Me by Sally Hobart Alexander1991
The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System by Joanna Cole1991
The Clover and the Bee: A Book of Pollination by Anne Ophelia Dowden1991
The Oregon Trail by Leonard Everett Fisher1991
The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone by James Cross Giblin1991
Totem Pole by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith1991
Dinosaur Dig by Kathryn Lasky1991
Wolves (Sierra Club Wildlife Library) by R. D. Lawrence1991
Christopher Columbus: Voyager to the Unknown by Nancy Smiler Levinson1991
Columbus and the World Around Him (Milton Meltzer Biographies) by Milton Meltzer1991
My Hiroshima by Junko Morimoto1991
The Many Lives of Benjamin Franklin by Mary Pope Osborne1991
Woodsong by Gary Paulsen1991
Giraffes the Sentinels of the Savannas by Helen Roney Sattler1991
Oceans (Wiley Nature Editions) by Seymour Simon1991
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