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Orbis Pictus Award®

The NCTE Orbis Pictus Award® promotes and recognizes excellence in the writing of nonfiction for children. This list includes recipients as well as Honor and Recommended titles.

bookcover for Borderlands and the Mexican American Story

Borderlands and the Mexican American Story

David Dorado Romo 

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$8.99

$8.36

bookcover for Ode to Grapefruit

Ode to Grapefruit

Kari Lavelle, 

Bryan Collier 

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Hardback

$19.99

$18.59

bookcover for Life After Whale

Life After Whale

Lynn Brunelle, 

Jason Chin 

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Hardback

$18.99

$17.66

bookcover for Behold the Hummingbird

Behold the Hummingbird

Suzanne Slade, 

Thomas Gonzalez 

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$18.99

$17.66

bookcover for Space: The Final Pooping Frontier

Space: The Final Pooping Frontier

Annabeth Bondor-Stone, 

Connor White, 

Lars Kenseth 

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$19.99

$18.59

bookcover for Urban Coyotes

Urban Coyotes

Mary Kay Carson, 

Tom Uhlman 

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Hardback

$21.99

$20.45

bookcover for Sleepy

Sleepy

Jennifer Ward, 

Robin Page 

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$18.99

$17.66

bookcover for Daughter of the Light-Footed People

Daughter of the Light-Footed People

Belen Medina, 

Natalia Rojas Castro 

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$18.99

$17.66

bookcover for Yasmeen Lari, Green Architect

Yasmeen Lari, Green Architect

Marzieh Abbas, 

Hoda Hadadi 

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$19.99

$18.59

bookcover for We Sing from the Heart

We Sing from the Heart

Mia Wenjen, 

Victor Bizar Gómez 

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$19.99

$18.59

bookcover for A Plate of Hope

A Plate of Hope

Erin Frankel, 

Paola Escobar 

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$18.99

$17.66

bookcover for Wat Takes His Shot

Wat Takes His Shot

Cheryl Kim, 

Nat Iwata 

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Hardback

$20.95

$19.48

bookcover for Listening to Trees

Listening to Trees

Holly Thompson, 

Toshiki Nakamura 

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$18.99

$17.66

bookcover for Border Crossings

Border Crossings

Sneed B. Collard III, 

Howard Gray 

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Hardback

$17.99

$16.73

bookcover for The Fire of Stars

The Fire of Stars

Kirsten W Larson, 

Katherine Roy 

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Hardback

$18.99

$17.66

bookcover for Indigenous Ingenuity

Indigenous Ingenuity

Deidre Havrelock, 

Edward Kay 

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Hardback

$20.99

$19.52

bookcover for Hidden Systems

Hidden Systems

Dan Nott 

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Hardback

$23.99

$22.31

bookcover for Ketanji Brown Jackson

Ketanji Brown Jackson

Tami Charles, 

Jemma Skidmore 

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$18.99

$17.66

bookcover for Game of Freedom

Game of Freedom

Duncan Tonatiuh 

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Hardback

$19.99

$18.59

bookcover for Cool Green: Amazing, Remarkable Trees

Cool Green: Amazing, Remarkable Trees

Lulu Delacre, 

Lulu Delacre 

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Hardback

$17.99

$16.73

bookcover for Stars of the Night

Stars of the Night

Caren Stelson, 

Selina Alko 

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Hardback

$19.99

$18.59

bookcover for Polar

Polar

L E Carmichael, 

Byron Eggenschwiler 

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Hardback

$18.99

$17.66

bookcover for Breaking the Mold

Breaking the Mold

Dana Alison Levy 

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Hardback

$22.99

$21.38

bookcover for The Bees of Notre-Dame

The Bees of Notre-Dame

Meghan P. Browne, 

E. B. Goodale 

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Hardback

$18.99

$17.66

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