Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since 2000 -- promoting outstanding nonfiction for children
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![Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/images/list_image/3300.jpg)
- 5,527 Resources including
- 395 Videos
- 250 Book Readings
- 452 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 360 book results
![All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1536209457.jpg)
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
(Honor, 2021)
51 Resources19 Awards
![We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/61171_hi.jpg)
![Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1419710540.jpg)
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
(Honor, 2015)
47 Resources16 Awards
![Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1419716476.jpg)
![Right Word, The: Roget and His Thesaurus](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0802853854.jpg)
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet
(Honor, 2015)
44 Resources15 Awards
![Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/74682_hi.jpg)
Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer
by Traci Sorell and Natasha Donovan
(Honor, 2022)
42 Resources9 Awards
![Place to Land, A](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0823443310.jpg)
![Family Romanov, The: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0375867821.jpg)
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
(Winner, 2015)
39 Resources15 Awards
![I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1481465597.jpg)
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
by Debbie Levy and Elizabeth Baddeley
(Honor, 2017)
39 Resources11 Awards
![Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0062748688.jpg)
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré
by Anika Aldamuy Denise and Paola Escobar
(Honor, 2020)
39 Resources11 Awards
![Nina: A Story of Nina Simone](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1524737283.jpg)
Nina: A Story of Nina Simone
by Traci N. Todd and Christian Robinson
(Winner, 2022)
39 Resources14 Awards
![Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0374313229.jpg)
![Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1250149010.jpg)
![Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0061730742.jpg)
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
by Kadir Nelson
(Commended, 2012)
36 Resources14 Awards
![Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/141974108X.jpg)
Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball
by Jen Bryant and Frank Morrison
(Winner, 2021)
36 Resources6 Awards
![Trombone Shorty](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1419714651.jpg)
![Soldier for Equality: José de la Luz Sáenz and the Great War](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1419736825.jpg)
![River's Gifts, A: The Mighty Elwha River Reborn](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/1541598709.jpg)
A River's Gifts: The Mighty Elwha River Reborn
by Patricia Newman and Natasha Donovan
(Commended, 2023)
35 Resources6 Awards
![We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0786808322.jpg)
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
by Kadir Nelson
(Honor, 2009)
34 Resources11 Awards
![Parrots Over Puerto Rico](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1620140047.jpg)
![Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0547199457.jpg)
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade
(Winner, 2012)
33 Resources12 Awards
![Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0983661596.jpg)
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix
by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, June Jo Lee, and Man One
(Honor, 2018)
33 Resources8 Awards
![Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/68635_hi.jpg)
Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera
by Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann
(Honor, 2021)
33 Resources11 Awards
![How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity's Greatest Adventure](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0525647422.jpg)
How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity's Greatest Adventure
by John Rocco
(Commended, 2021)
33 Resources11 Awards
![Unbound: The Life and Art of Judith Scott](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0525648119.jpg)
Unbound: The Life and Art of Judith Scott
by Joyce Scott, Brie Spangler, and Melissa Sweet
(Honor, 2022)
32 Resources4 Awards
![Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1423106350.jpg)
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Doreen Rappaport and Bryan Collier
(Honor, 2002)
31 Resources6 Awards
![Wall, The: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0374347018.jpg)
![Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/031610731X.jpg)
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave
by Laban Carrick Hill and Bryan Collier
(Commended, 2011)
31 Resources7 Awards
![Me . . . Jane](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0316045462.jpg)
![Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1596439521.jpg)
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
(Commended, 2016)
31 Resources13 Awards
![Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/1467789038.jpg)
![Her Right Foot](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1452162816.jpg)
![Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/148147684X.jpg)
Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams
by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome
(Commended, 2019)
31 Resources5 Awards
![Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/82970_hi.jpg)
Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement
by Angela Joy and Janelle Washington
(Honor, 2023)
31 Resources15 Awards
![Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/1596433388.jpg)
Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring
by Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan, and Brian Floca
(Winner, 2011)
30 Resources7 Awards
![Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1481430955.jpg)
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay
by Susan Hood and Sally Wern Comport
(Commended, 2017)
30 Resources8 Awards
![When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0439269679.jpg)
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson
by Pam Muñoz Ryan and Brian Selznick
(Winner, 2003)
29 Resources7 Awards
![Splash of Red, A: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0375867120.jpg)
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet
(Winner, 2014)
29 Resources9 Awards
![Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0061804428.jpg)
Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909
by Michelle Markel and Melissa Sweet
(Honor, 2014)
29 Resources8 Awards
![Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery That Baffled All of France](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0763663514.jpg)
Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery That Baffled All of France
by Mara Rockliff and Iacopo Bruno
(Honor, 2016)
29 Resources10 Awards
![Some Writer!: The Story of E.B. White](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0544319591.jpg)
![Giant Squid](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/1596435992.jpg)
![Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/1481443879.jpg)
Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery
by Sandra Neil Wallace and Bryan Collier
(Winner, 2019)
29 Resources7 Awards
![Otis and Will Discover the Deep: The Record-Setting Dive of the Bathysphere](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0316393827.jpg)
Otis and Will Discover the Deep: The Record-Setting Dive of the Bathysphere
by Barb Rosenstock and Katherine Roy
(Commended, 2019)
29 Resources10 Awards
![Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1454932201.jpg)
Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom
by Teresa Robeson and Rebecca Huang
(Commended, 2020)
29 Resources5 Awards
![Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/125023462X.jpg)