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NCTE Orbis Pictus Award

The NCTE Orbis Pictus Award was established in 1989 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 (1658), considered to be the first book actually planned for children.

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	Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin by James Cross Giblin from Scholastic Inc. for 1st-4th grade 2001 NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book in Biographies (Location: BIO) $6.79 $3.60 (1 in stock)
	Children of the Dust Bowl True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp by Jerry Stanley from Crown Publishers for 2nd-5th grade 1993 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award in Great Depression (1929-1939) (Location: HISA-20GD) $9.34
	Children of the Great Depression by Russell Freedman from Sandpiper Books for 4th-6th grade 2006 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award in Great Depression (1929-1939) (Location: HISA-20GD) $10.19
	Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters by Fredrick & Patricia McKissack from Scholastic Press for 3rd-6th grade 1995 NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book in 19th Century America (Location: HISA-19C)
	Confucius: The Golden Rule by Russell Freedman from Scholastic Inc. for 4th-8th grade 2003 NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Empire State Building by Elizabeth Mann from Mikaya Press for 3rd-8th grade 2004 NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book in Architecture and Sculpture (Location: ELE-ARC)
	Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Russell Freedman from Clarion Books Biography for 4th-5th grade 1991 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Freedom Walkers by Russell Freedman from Holiday House for 4th-6th grade 2007 NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book in Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968) (Location: HISA-20CIV) $12.74
	Gregor Mendel The Friar Who Grew Peas by Cheryl Bardoe Reprint from Harry N. Abrams, Inc. for 4th-6th grade 2007 NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book in Biographies (Location: BIO) $9.34
	John Muir: America's First Environmentalist by Kathryn Lasky, Illustrated by Stan Fellows from Candlewick Press for 3rd-6th grade 2007 NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book in Biographies (Location: BIO) $5.09
	Leonardo da Vinci by Diane Stanley from HarperCollins Biography for 3rd-6th grade 1997 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award in Biographies (Location: BIO) $10.19
	Michelangelo by Diane Stanley from HarperCollins Picture Book Biography for 2nd-4th grade 2001 NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book in Biographies (Location: BIO) $8.49 $4.80 (2 in stock)
	Prairie Visions by Pam Conrad from Scholastic Inc. for 4th-6th grade 1992 NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book in Pioneer & Frontier Life (Location: HISA-19PIO) $3.20 (2 in stock)
	Quest for the Tree Kangaroo An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea Scientists in the Field Series by Sy Montgomery 1^st edition from HMH Books for Young Readers for 4th-7th grade 2007 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book, 2007 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award in Zoology (Location: SCI-ZOOL) $8.49 $4.80 (1 in stock)
	Seeing Earth from Space by Patricia Lauber from Scholastic Inc. for 2nd-4th grade 1991 NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book in Our Solar System (Location: SCI-AST)
	Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance by Jennifer Armstrong 1st Pbk. Ed from Crown Publishers for 4th-8th grade 1999 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award in 20th Century Exploration (Location: HISW-20EXP) $11.89

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