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Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2019

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2019

Resources for the titles recognized by this award since 2000 -- promoting outstanding nonfiction for children

Resources for this booklist include:

  • 165 Videos
  • 130 Book Readings
  • 336 Lesson Plans
  • Total of 2856 resources

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Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
  • by Duncan Tonatiuh
  • Multimedia Resources: 32
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    Right Word, The: Roget and His Thesaurus
    The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
  • by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet
  • Multimedia Resources: 31
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    Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave
    Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave
  • by Laban Carrick Hill and Bryan Collier
  • Multimedia Resources: 28
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    Family Romanov, The: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
    The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
  • by Candace Fleming
  • Multimedia Resources: 28
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    Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras
    Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras
  • by Duncan Tonatiuh
  • Multimedia Resources: 27
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    Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
    Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
  • by Phillip Hoose
  • Multimedia Resources: 27
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    Trombone Shorty
    Trombone Shorty
  • by Troy Andrews and Bryan Collier
  • Multimedia Resources: 26
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    Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
    Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • by Doreen Rappaport and Bryan Collier
  • Multimedia Resources: 26
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    Me . . . Jane
    Me . . . Jane
  • by Patrick McDonnell
  • Multimedia Resources: 25
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    Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
    Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
  • by Kadir Nelson
  • Multimedia Resources: 25
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    Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix
    Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix
  • by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, June Jo Lee, and Man One
  • Multimedia Resources: 25
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    We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
    We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
  • by Kadir Nelson
  • Multimedia Resources: 24
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    Giant Squid
    Giant Squid
  • by Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann
  • Multimedia Resources: 24
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    We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
    We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
  • by Traci Sorell and Frane Lessac
  • Multimedia Resources: 23
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    Wall, The: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
    The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
  • by Peter Sís
  • Multimedia Resources: 23
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    Grand Canyon
    Grand Canyon
  • by Jason Chin
  • Multimedia Resources: 23
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    When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson
    When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson
  • by Pam Muñoz Ryan and Brian Selznick
  • Multimedia Resources: 22
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    I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
    I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
  • by Debbie Levy and Elizabeth Baddeley
  • Multimedia Resources: 22
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    Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream
    Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream
  • by Tanya Lee Stone
  • Multimedia Resources: 21
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    Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot
    Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot
  • by Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop
  • Multimedia Resources: 21
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    Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade
    Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade
  • by Melissa Sweet
  • Multimedia Resources: 21
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    Locomotive
    Locomotive
  • by Brian Floca
  • Multimedia Resources: 21
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    Boy Who Loved Math, The: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos
    The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos
  • by Deborah Heiligman and LeUyen Pham
  • Multimedia Resources: 21
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    Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay
    Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay
  • by Susan Hood and Sally Wern Comport
  • Multimedia Resources: 21
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    Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery
    Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery
  • by Sandra Neil Wallace and Bryan Collier
  • Multimedia Resources: 20
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    Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova
    Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova
  • by Laurel Snyder and Julie Morstad
  • Multimedia Resources: 20
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    Splash of Red, A: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
    A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
  • by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet
  • Multimedia Resources: 20
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    Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909
    Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909
  • by Michelle Markel and Melissa Sweet
  • Multimedia Resources: 20
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    Some Writer!: The Story of E.B. White
    Some Writer!: The Story of E.B. White
  • by Melissa Sweet
  • Multimedia Resources: 20
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    Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story
    Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story
  • by Caren Stelson
  • Multimedia Resources: 20
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    Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery That Baffled All of France
    Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery That Baffled All of France
  • by Mara Rockliff and Iacopo Bruno
  • Multimedia Resources: 19
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    Growing Up Pedro: How the Martinez Brothers Made it from the Dominican Republic All the Way to…
    Growing Up Pedro: How the Martinez Brothers Made it from the Dominican Republic All the Way to…
  • by Matt Tavares
  • Multimedia Resources: 19
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    Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea
    Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea
  • by Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop
  • Multimedia Resources: 19
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    Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring
    Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring
  • by Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan, and Brian Floca
  • Multimedia Resources: 19
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    Parrots Over Puerto Rico
    Parrots Over Puerto Rico
  • by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore
  • Multimedia Resources: 19
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    Animals by the Numbers: A Book of Infographics
    Animals by the Numbers: A Book of Infographics
  • by Steve Jenkins
  • Multimedia Resources: 19
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    Otis and Will Discover the Deep: The Record-Setting Dive of the Bathysphere
    Otis and Will Discover the Deep: The Record-Setting Dive of the Bathysphere
  • by Barb Rosenstock and Katherine Roy
  • Multimedia Resources: 18
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    Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
    Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
  • by Steve Sheinkin
  • Multimedia Resources: 18
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    River of Words, A: The Story of William Carlos Williams
    A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams
  • by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet
  • Multimedia Resources: 18
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    Mangrove Tree, The: Planting Trees to Feed Families
    The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families
  • by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore
  • Multimedia Resources: 18
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    Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands
    Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands
  • by Katherine Roy
  • Multimedia Resources: 18
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    Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness
    Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness
  • by Donna Janell Bowman and Daniel Minter
  • Multimedia Resources: 18
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    Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam
    Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam
  • by Elizabeth Partridge
  • Multimedia Resources: 17
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    Egg Is Quiet, An
    An Egg Is Quiet
  • by Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long
    • Orbis Pictus Award (Commended, 2007)
    SB&F Prize (Winner, 2007)
  • Multimedia Resources: 17
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    Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins, The
    The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
  • by Barbara Kerley and Brian Selznick
  • Multimedia Resources: 17
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    We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March
    We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March
  • by Cynthia Y. Levinson
  • Multimedia Resources: 17
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    Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
    Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
  • by Katheryn Russell-Brown and Frank Morrison
  • Multimedia Resources: 17
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    Her Right Foot
    Her Right Foot
  • by Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris
    • Orbis Pictus Award (Honor, 2018)
    ALSC Notables (Commended, 2018)
  • Multimedia Resources: 17
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    My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle's Journey to Alvin Ailey
    My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle's Journey to Alvin Ailey
  • by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome
  • Multimedia Resources: 16
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    Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers
    Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers
  • by Tanya Lee Stone
  • Multimedia Resources: 16
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