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Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2018

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2018

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

Resources for this booklist include:

  • 142 Videos
  • 118 Book Readings
  • 311 Lesson Plans
  • Total of 2257 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: 29
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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: 29
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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: 27
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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: 25
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    Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
    Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
  • by Phillip Hoose
  • Multimedia Resources: 25
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    Trombone Shorty
    Trombone Shorty
  • by Troy Andrews and Bryan Collier
  • Multimedia Resources: 24
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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: 24
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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: 24
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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: 23
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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: 22
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    Giant Squid
    Giant Squid
  • by Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann
  • Multimedia Resources: 22
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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: 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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    Wall, The: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
    The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
  • by Peter Sís
  • Multimedia Resources: 20
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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: 20
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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: 20
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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: 20
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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: 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: 19
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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: 19
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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: 19
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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
    • Orbis Pictus Award (Honor, 2016)
    ALSC Notable Books (Commended, 2016)
  • Multimedia Resources: 18
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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: 18
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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: 18
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    Locomotive
    Locomotive
  • by Brian Floca
  • 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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    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: 18
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    Grand Canyon
    Grand Canyon
  • by Jason Chin
  • Multimedia Resources: 18
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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: 17
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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: 17
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    Parrots Over Puerto Rico
    Parrots Over Puerto Rico
  • by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore
  • Multimedia Resources: 17
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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: 17
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    Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story
    Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story
  • by Caren Stelson
  • Multimedia Resources: 17
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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: 16
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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: 16
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    Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins, The
    The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
  • by Barbara Kerley and Brian Selznick
  • Multimedia Resources: 16
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    Me . . . Jane
    Me . . . Jane
  • by Patrick McDonnell
  • Multimedia Resources: 16
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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: 16
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    Hands Around the Library: Protecting Egypt's Treasured Books
    Hands Around the Library: Protecting Egypt's Treasured Books
  • by Karen Leggett Abouraya and Susan L. Roth
  • Multimedia Resources: 16
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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: 16
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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: 15
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    Chasing Cheetahs: The Race to Save Africa's Fastest Cat
    Chasing Cheetahs: The Race to Save Africa's Fastest Cat
  • by Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop
  • Multimedia Resources: 15
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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: 15
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    American Plague, An: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
    An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
  • by Jim Murphy
  • Multimedia Resources: 14
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    Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon
    Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon
  • by Catherine Thimmesh
  • Multimedia Resources: 14
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    Race to Save the Lord God Bird, The
    The Race to Save the Lord God Bird
  • by Phillip Hoose
  • Multimedia Resources: 14
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    Lincolns, The: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary
    The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary
  • by Candace Fleming
  • Multimedia Resources: 14
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    Her Right Foot
    Her Right Foot
  • by Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris
    • Orbis Pictus Award (Honor, 2018)
    ALSC Notable Books (Commended, 2018)
  • Multimedia Resources: 14
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    Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion
    Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion
  • by Loree Griffin Burns
  • Multimedia Resources: 13
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    Nic Bishop Spiders
    Nic Bishop Spiders
  • by Nic Bishop
  • Multimedia Resources: 13
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